Marjorie Celona quotes

“Y. That perfect letter. The wishbone, fork in the road, empty wineglass. The question we ask over and over.”
-- Marjorie Celona

Source : Teddy Wayne, Marjorie Celona, Jim Gavin, William Nicholson, Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop (2013). “Simon & Schuster 2013 Fiction Sampler”, p.27, Simon and Schuster

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“For the long-limbed trees and watery landscape of Vancouver Island, read Hundreds and Thousands. Setting aside, who can resist a woman who lived in a caravan in Goldstream Park with a pack of dogs and a monkey and shunned the human race except to attend her own art openings? Only a genius could both paint and write my/her home.”
-- Marjorie Celona

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“Don’t believe anything anyone tells you. You have to evaluate the world with your own eyes.”
-- Marjorie Celona

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“No one has patience for love except their own.”
-- Marjorie Celona

Source : Marjorie Celona (2013). “Y: A Novel”, p.184, Simon and Schuster

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“Don’t believe anything anyone tells you. You have to evaluate the world with your own eyes.”
-- Marjorie Celona

Source : Marjorie Celona (2013). “Y”, p.69, Faber & Faber

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“I love the voice - it’s the most perfect instrument ever heard. It’s God given.”

“How can we say nobody's perfect if there is no perfect to compare to? Perfection implies that there really is a right and wrong way to be. And what type of perfection is the best type? Moral perfection? Aesthetic? Physiological? Mental?”

“You are magnificent beyond measure, perfect in your imperfections, and wonderfully made.”

“Islam is perfect, there is nothing to be added or changed.”

Source : "'We Should Not Fear Being Called Radical'". Interview with Farish A. Noor, theseoultimes.com.

“When I kicked in the first TV – a nineteen-inch Magnavox with wicker speaker panels – it felt like the most perfect thing I had done in a long time. And there's nothing like the feeling of perfection that will inspire repeated behavior.”

“The calligraphic letter is not entirely a letter, but something that sits between writing and music”

“I, myself, was always recognized . . . as the “slow one” in the family. It was quite true, and I knew it and accepted it. Writing and spelling were always terribly difficult for me. My letters were without originality. I was . . . an extraordinarily bad speller and have remained so until this day.”

“Heav'n first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid.”

“Every time you empty your vessel of that energy, fresh new energy comes flooding in.”

“Thou shalt not steal; an empty feat, When it's so lucrative to cheat.”

Source : "The Latest Decalogue" l. 15 (1862)