"I learned another thing, which is that just because someone is eating the ashes of your protagonist doesn't mean you stop telling the story."

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Source : Miriam Toews (2014). “All My Puny Sorrows”, p.173, Faber & Faber

Miriam Toews

#Mean Quotes #Ashes Quotes #Stories Quotes

“Finally, fighting for gay rights, speaking out in various places and making friends, men and women, was great.”
“I believe that if we are going to write about life and death, we should not do it from the cheap seats.”

Source : Rick Bragg (2010). “All Over but the Shoutin'”, p.20, Vintage
“I have a slight bit of OCD, I think. I'm not walking around flipping light switches. But when I say I'm going to do something, I have to do it.”
“The gun lobby finds waiting periods inconvenient. You have only to ask my husband how inconvenient he finds his wheelchair from time to time.”
“The good thing in chess is that very often the best moves are the most beautiful ones. The beauty of logic.”
“I just found it interesting to talk to adults I admired, and to discover that the path they took was never all that clearly defined. It was comforting to me when I figured out that you don't have to know what you want to do with your life; you just have to take a few steps in one direction, and other opportunities will open up.”
“Stay naked as much as possible, but do not impose your orgiastic will on others. Don't have sex in the lobby - it's usually awkward.”
“She doesn't give you time for questions as she locks up your arms in hers. And you follow till your sense of direction completely disappears.”

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