"The stories on standardized tests don't have one author, therefore they can never authentically be in the first person. Imagine that! Everywhere, there are these tests that have been written by multiple people."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Alejandro Zambra

#People Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Stories Quotes

“Some people leave artwork, some people do rude things, other people then turn those rude things into nice things.”
“He could say nothing. He had no right to be there, he had already been profoundly changed, he was no good at small talk, she was half naked, it was dawn and he loved her.”
“I've worked with just as many talented women as I have talented men, and I feel fortunate enough to have that great balance.”
“Time is always fleeting and the lunar phases represent that visually for me. What people take away from that and how they apply it within their own lives, that's entirely up to them.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“You know, there's something heartsick about parties like this. Look at us. We're all pretending to be smart, as if intelligence were the cure for our anguish.”
“People talk-- they sneer at escapism. Well, there are those of us who need it.”
“If I don't see myself as a victim, then I'm not a victim.”

Source : "Noomi Rapace: Finding Lisbeth, And Letting Her Go". "All Things Considered" with Michele Norris, www.npr.org. October 29, 2010.
“We look at science as something very elite, which only a few people can learn. That's just not true. You just have to start early and give kids a foundation. Kids live up, or down, to expectations.”

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