"Did I throw the most important thing perhaps, by accident, away?"

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Renata Adler

#Important Quotes #Accidents Quotes

“California seemed to me to be all about secrets and the need for safety. And this leads to this thematic messiness I'm still trying to figure out what to do with. I mean, when it comes to the themes, this is nothing like an Atwood novel.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“There are still countries where women don't enjoy basic rights like the vote or the freedom to study or the freedom of choice in marriage. Every year there are twenty million little girls in Africa who are deprived of their sexuality through brutal genital operations. Basically, there's still much to be done.”

Source : Source: wordswithoutborders.org
“I write a lot, and then forget what I've written, and then come back to it and say, "Not bad, I should do something with this!"”

Source : Source: blog.pshares.org
“A baseball game is twice as much fun if you're seeing it on the company's time.”
“The way we think may be completely different, but you and I are an ancient, archetypal couple, the original man and woman. We are the model for Adam and Eve. For all couples in love, there comes a moment when a man gazes at a woman with the very same kind of realization. It is an infinite helix, the dance of two souls resonating, like the twist of DNA, like the vast universe.”
“I don't like to play the same set every night. I think the band would prefer the same 12 songs, to be honest, but if I get bored, then I think the audience gets bored too.”
“Time to unite the Sacred Bands, Thebans and his people: one unit, one heart, one swing through life.”
“We are supposed to forgive everyone; everyone includes ourselves.”

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