Roger Kahn quotes - page 2

That morning began with wind and hairy clouds. It was late March and the day rose brisk and uncertain, with gusts suggesting January and flashes of sun promising June. In every way, a season of change had come. (Roger Kahn)
I never heard a thrown ball make that sound before. The ball seemed to accelerate as it came close; an accelerating, impossibly fast pitch that made the noises of hornets and snakes. View quote
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I wonder if anyone always knows-you, me, Jackie Robinson, even Robert Frost-that we will cross to Safety. Or is it rather that when we are There, we think we always knew? View quote
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In the intimacy of Ebbets Field it was a short trip from the grandstand to the fantasy you were in the game. View quote
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Is that the minds last, soundless, dying cry? Who will remember? There is no rustling of old crowds as my long, wrenching, joyous voyage ended, only the question, "Who will remember?" View quote
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The world is never again as it was before anyone you love has ever died; never so innocent, never so fixed, never so gentle, never so pliant to your will. But these are afterthoughts. Generations vie and the young recover swiftly, or believe they do. View quote
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The time seems simpler than today, but mostly because the past always seems simpler when its wars are done. View quote
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Being and writing, the road asked nothing more. View quote
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He bore the burden of a pioneer and the weight made him strong. If one can be certain of anything in baseball, it is that we shall not look upon his like again. View quote
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I was showing early symptoms of becoming a professional baseball man. I was lying to the press. View quote
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One did not go to Ebbets Field for sociology. Exciting baseball was the attraction, and a wonder of the sociological Brooklyn Dodgers was the excitement of their play. (Roger Kahn)