"A few weeks ago my uncle came over to borrow my dad's socket set and when he asked my dad how he was my dad said oh unexceptional. Living quietly with my disappointments. And how are you"

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Source : Miriam Toews (2004). “A Complicated Kindness: A Novel”, A.A. Knopf Canada

Miriam Toews

#Uncles Quotes #Dad Quotes #Disappointment Quotes

“I've always thought Blues Point Tower is one of my best buildings and I stand by that.”
“I worship individuals for their highest possibilities as individuals and I loathe humanity for its failure to live up to these possibilities.”
“I think actors really like to know what does a casting agent really think or what does a composer really think.”

Source : Source: www.broadwayworld.com
“You must find the right voice (or voices) for the timbre that can convince a reader to give himself up to you.”
“We never understood the concept of people going onstage and giving anything less than 100 percent. Maybe that's a blue-collar work ethic, but I call it just ethics.”
“It's like the smarter you are, the more things can scare you.”
“Once exposed, a secret loses all its power.”

Source : Ann Aguirre (2008). “Grimspace”, p.344, Penguin
“You never get over bein' a child long's you have a mother to go to.”

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