"One of the things that draws writers to writing is that they can get things right that they got wrong in real life by writing about them."

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Tobias Wolff

#Real Quotes #Writing Quotes #Real Life Quotes

“My wife really pushed me in that direction, to write my own songs and start singing, so I think having the whole family thing is such a huge thing.”

Source : Source: www.hamptons.com
“I'm very happy to be back playing rugby for England again - there were times when I questioned if this would happen.”
“Love's about finding the one person who makes your heart complete. Who makes you a better person than you ever dreamed you could be. Its about looking in the eyes of your wife and knowing all the way to your bones that she's simply the best person you've ever known.”

Source : FaceBook post by Julia Quinn from Apr 27, 2017
“You can see the life LITERALLY oozing from his body!”
“I indeed do respect all people for the positives in their life. Sadly, there comes a time of diminishing returns in the balance. At the end of the day, my respect is reserved for those solidly in the asset column of mankind.”
“Only in dreams, in poetry, in play do we sometimes arrive at what we were before we were this thing that, who knows, we are.”

Source : Julio Cortazar (2016). “Hopscotch, Blow-Up, We Love Glenda So Much”, p.508, Everyman's Library
“Part of me is afraid to get close to people because I'm afraid that they're going to leave.”
“I think the lack of critical engagement with the food that we eat demonstrates the extent to which the commodity form has become the primary way in which we perceive the world,”

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