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Miriam Toews
"I learned another thing, which is that just because someone is eating the ashes of your protagonist doesn't mean you stop telling the story."
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Source : Miriam Toews (2014). “All My Puny Sorrows”, p.173, Faber & Faber
Miriam Toews
#Mean Quotes
#Ashes Quotes
#Stories Quotes
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“Finally, fighting for gay rights, speaking out in various places and making friends, men and women, was great.”
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“I believe that if we are going to write about life and death, we should not do it from the cheap seats.”
Source : Rick Bragg (2010). “All Over but the Shoutin'”, p.20, Vintage
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“I have a slight bit of OCD, I think. I'm not walking around flipping light switches. But when I say I'm going to do something, I have to do it.”
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“The gun lobby finds waiting periods inconvenient. You have only to ask my husband how inconvenient he finds his wheelchair from time to time.”
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“The good thing in chess is that very often the best moves are the most beautiful ones. The beauty of logic.”
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“I just found it interesting to talk to adults I admired, and to discover that the path they took was never all that clearly defined. It was comforting to me when I figured out that you don't have to know what you want to do with your life; you just have to take a few steps in one direction, and other opportunities will open up.”
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“Stay naked as much as possible, but do not impose your orgiastic will on others. Don't have sex in the lobby - it's usually awkward.”
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“She doesn't give you time for questions as she locks up your arms in hers. And you follow till your sense of direction completely disappears.”
