Armenag Saroyan was the failed poet, the failed Presbyterian preacher, the failed American, the failed theological student. (William Saroyan)

Armenag Saroyan was the failed poet, the failed Presbyterian preacher, the failed American, the failed theological student.

William Saroyan

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