"The fictive is an emormous territory it turns out, its boundaries vague, and there is little certainty about where it begins and ends."

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Siri Hustvedt

#Littles Quotes #Territory Quotes #Boundaries Quotes

“I know him...of course.”
“Books are attracted to me. They make a beeline for me, and stick to me. I have been so fond of them that at last they have begun to reciprocate. In my hands books burst like ripe fruit. Like magic flowers they unfold their petals to show me the vital thought, the suggestive word, the confirming quotation, the decisive illustration.”
“When you get frustrated you try to do too much, you try to make stuff up that's not there, and you play outside yourself.”
“Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who knows it, it is a simple, colonial, philistine society.”
“Dreams donâ€™t come true, they are true,”
“The world is full of smart, poor people.”
“It is only the untalented director who imagines him or herself in every part, wants his or her own thoughts and emotions portrayed; it is only the untalented who make their own limitations those of the actors as well.”
“Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.”

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