Reach up to put a hand to some dream you kept awake. Now yo… - J. P. Donleavy

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Reach up to put a hand to some dream you kept awake. Now you take it like a red ripe apple and polish quietly up and down one's sleeve.

J. P. Donleavy

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James Patrick Donleavy (23 April 1926 – 11 September 2017) was a U.S.-born Irish novelist and playwright.

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Birth Name: James Patrick Donleavy

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All I want
Is one break
Which is not
My neck.

"Turn to gangsterism."
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"Has me by the very ballocks."
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My god, one can see such a different side of people when one's merely a menial.
O God what utter amazing ruddy bliss to no longer be a menial.

Reach up to put a hand to some dream you kept awake. Now you take it like a red ripe apple and polish quietly up and down one's sleeve. - J. P. Donleavy

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