"forgive what you can't excuse ..."

-- Mary Wortley Montagu

#Forgiveness Quotes #Forgiving Quotes #Excuse Quotes

“If you want your own distinctive voice, you first have to become someone.”
“This is America. Weâ€™re entitled to our opinions.â€ â€œWrong. This is Texas. And my opinion is the only one that counts.”
“I don't drink these days. I am allergic to alcohol and narcotics. I break out in handcuffs.”
“As a writer, as a creator, I'm giving you my experiences. But just take what I give you. You ain't got to pry beyond that.”
“You can do the best research and be making the strongest intellectual argument, but if readers don't get past the third paragraph you've wasted your energy and valuable ink.”
“Commonality doesn't inoculate against hurt.”

Source : Leslie Jamison (2014). “The Empathy Exams: Essays”, p.13, Granta Books
“So I played the acoustic guitar and harmonica and stomped my foot and I think I was right in assuming that Greenwich Village would be the best place to perform my own material and possibly get some attention, move on to making records and all.”
“I am proof that you can you make money in Italy and be honest.”

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