"The story fails but your faith in the importance of doing the story doesn't fail."

-- Alice Munro

#Stories Quotes #Failing Quotes #Importance Quotes

“Besides prostitution, magic is one of the oldest art forms that exist.”
“Surely, if we can land a spaceship on Mars, we can certainly put a voter ID card in the hand of every eligible voter.”
“The world exists on thousands of different levels and just because some are more tragic than others, it doesn't make them any more valid. You fall into that way of thinking and you become so overwhelmed by the world's suffering, you go mad.”

Source : Bella Pollen (2011). “Midnight Cactus”, p.276, Pan Macmillan
“When you are telling your story, hold your own ink pen. Don't let anybody else tell your story.”
“You're suppose to sit on your ***** and nod at stupid things.”
“They say if you fall, someone who loves you will lend a hand for you, I have 8 pairs of hands always ready to hold me back up when I stumble”
“Both teams are making mistakes. Florida's making these itsy-bitsy little ones, and Tennessee is making huge, gigantic mistakes.”
“Before I was a genius I was a drudge.”

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