"How can I be a folk? I'm from the suburbs you know."

-- John Fahey

#Folks Quotes #Suburbs Quotes #Knows Quotes

“And I don't mean that the storytelling that's out there shouldn't be happening. I just feel like that there's this huge imbalance with it all. Where are the shows that allow the entire family to sit down and enjoy something together?”
“Yellow can express happiness, and then again, pain. There is flame red, blood red, and rose red; there is silver blue, sky blue, and thunder blue; every color harbors its own soul, delighting or disgusting or stimulating me.”
“Genuine bravery occurs when you least expect it, and when, in fact, you're quite oblivious of it.Â Sometimes heroism happens when you press on; other times when you let go.Â Once in a while, it happens when you do a little dance all your own.”
“We are really the victims of our own problems”
“Don't outline your stories. A lot of fiction workshops say you should. I say the opposite. I quote Grace Paley: "We write what we don't know we know."”
“I'm always amazed when young women who are having babies want their husbands to watch the babies come out. I would never allow anything like that.”
“Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans. When that's where you left your heart. The moonlight on the bayou a creole tune that fills the air. I dream about magnolias in bloom and I'm wishin' I was there.”
“I'm not dumb enough to be a goalie.”

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