"We need to be ambivalent - in the essay, and in life too. Ambivalence - having mixed feelings, entertaining contradiction, living with fluctuation - is a widened embrace. It's about the coexistence of things, and in that light, we have no choice in the matter."

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Source : "Loitering: A Conversation with Essayist and Author Charles D'Ambrosio". Interview With Chris Schluep, www.amazonbookreview.com. February 3, 2016.

Charles D'Ambrosio

#Choices Quotes #Feelings Quotes #Contradiction Quotes

“I just want fiction to remain a vital force for entertainment and not just for contemplation. Both things can exist.”
“No matter what losses happen in a given season, the Red Sox always have next year.”
“When you're talking about the thing that is most important to someone, they're liable to feel something strong.”

Source : Source: www.indiewire.com
“I had all the intentions of being the next Eddie Murphy.”
“A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage the country.”

Source : Quoted in E Anthony O Rare Don Marquis (1962), ch.11.
“Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity.”

Source : "Quote Unquote : A Handbook of Quotations" by M. P. Singh, (p. 96), 2007.
“It's important for moms to have alone time. However, that's the first thing that goes on a busy day. Fortunately for me, because of my job, I have to find the time to do it. At least that's the way my mind sees it.”
“What happens when an art form becomes ambiguous, I think, is that the standards are lowered. You can say anything is jazz. So I think it's important to reflect on what made jazz so special.”

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