"The facts didn't matter. Their stories mattered, and each of their stories belonged to each of them alone."

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Source : Elizabeth Strout (2013). “The Burgess Boys”, p.268, Simon and Schuster

Elizabeth Strout

#Stories Quotes #Matter Quotes #Facts Quotes

“All arts lie in man, though not all are apparent. Awakening brings them out. To be taught is nothing; everything is in man waiting to be awakened.”
“Peace is restrained; this is free.”
“God's path always delivers what He promises.”
“I definitely didn't have a lot of money. I had been fired from a record store. I was just trying to get by. I was on unemployment. I didn't have anything going full-time.”

Source : "The Strangest Trip: Animal Collective on the Legacy of Animal Collective". Interview with Matthew Schnipper, pitchfork.com. February 8, 2016.
“tennis is a 100-mph chess match.”
“Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.”

Source : Jane Smiley (2008). “13 Ways of Looking at the Novel”, p.14, Anchor
“When you're teaching a hard concept and the students all have puzzled looks on their faces and then suddenly you can see that 'aha' moment, that they got it, that's just an incredible thing.”
“The soul, Advancing ever to the source of light And all perfection, lives, adores, and reigns In cloudless knowledge, purity, and bliss.”

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