"I want my stories to be something about life that causes people to say, not, oh, isn't that the truth, but to feel some kind of reward from the writing, and that doesn't mean that it has to be a happy ending or anything, but just that everything the story tells moves the reader in such a way that you feel you are a different person when you finish."

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Source : FaceBook post by Alice Munro from Oct 01, 2014

Alice Munro

#Moving Quotes #Writing Quotes #Mean Quotes

“Hitler never abandoned the cloak of legality; he recognized the enormous psychological value of having the law on his side. Instead, he turned the law inside out and made illegality legal.”

Source : Sen. Robert C. Byrd (2008). “Letter to a New President: Commonsense Lessons for Our Next Leader”, p.84, Macmillan
“It is so stupid of modern civilization to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it.”

Source : Let Dons Delight ch. 8 (1939)
“The Gelaming regarded themselves as a force for good, and in many ways they were, but they were also inexorable and their compassion could often feel like oppression.”

Source : Storm Constantine (2004). “The Wraiths of Will and Pleasure: The First Book of the Wraeththu Histories”, p.454, Macmillan
“Since life consists of madness spiked with lies, the farther you are from each other the more lies you can put into it and the happier you'll be. That's only natural and normal. Truth is inedible.”
“Frankness is usually a euphemism for rudeness.”
“A critical issue for women is the possibility to be a mother and the ability to participate fully in the workforce.”
“Taste ... is a matter of taste (Tad Allagash)”
“I was never part of that cliquey girl drama. Most of my friends were guys growing up, so I was never part of that whole toxic energy. It seemed like way too much hassle.”

Source : "Aimee Teegarden Dishes on Her Teen Years!". www.seventeen.com. November 5, 2010.

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