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Horace Clarke
Mickey Mantle is a baseball player for the Yankees and is one of Holling's heroes. Around Christmas, he comes to the Baker Sporting Emporium to sign baseballs. Having just come from the play, Holling shows up in his Ariel costume, and Mantle disgustedly says he doesn't sign balls for boys in yellow tights. Both Holling and Danny, who witnessed this interaction, are crushed to realize that their so-called hero is mean to his fans.
Mickey Mantle Quotes in The Wednesday Wars
The The Wednesday Wars quotes below are all either spoken by Mickey Mantle or refer to Mickey Mantle. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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December
Quotes
When gods die, they die hard. It's not like they fade away, or grow old, or fall asleep. They die in fire and pain, and when they come out of you, they leave your guts burned. It hurts more than anything you can talk about. And maybe worst of all is, you're not sure if there will ever be another god to fill their place. Or if you'd want another god to fill their place. You don't want fire to go out inside you twice.
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Mickey Mantle Quotes in The Wednesday Wars
The The Wednesday Wars quotes below are all either spoken by Mickey Mantle or refer to Mickey Mantle. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
December
Quotes
When gods die, they die hard. It's not like they fade away, or grow old, or fall asleep. They die in fire and pain, and when they come out of you, they leave your guts burned. It hurts more than anything you can talk about. And maybe worst of all is, you're not sure if there will ever be another god to fill their place. Or if you'd want another god to fill their place. You don't want fire to go out inside you twice.
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