"It's very important for a writer to be unnoticed, as quiet and unnoticed as possible."

--

Edith Pearlman

#Important Quotes #Quiet Quotes #Unnoticed Quotes

“On Friday the 13th, April 2029, an asteroid large enough to fill the Rose Bowl as though it were an egg cup will fly so close to Earth that it will dip below the altitude of our communication satellites. We did not name this asteroid Bambi. Instead, we named it Apophis, after the Egyptian god of darkness and death.”
“Succeed! It has been done, and with a stupidity that can astound the most experienced.”
“We are too kind, too willing--too unwilling too--reaching out blindly with a grasping hand but not knowing how to ask for what we don't even know we want.”

Source : Carol Shields (2001). “Dressing Up for the Carnival”, p.22, Penguin
“I'm an equal opportunity reader - although I don't much read plays. And since I was raised a Presbyterian, pretty much all pleasures are guilty.”
“Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.”
“I essentially write for myself.”
“I think girls in general need to be more complimentary... It just makes people feel better.”
“But we must not, if we are loyal, disperse our energies in a partisan warfare that is waged without regard to its consequences to the well being, security, or honor of the country.”

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