"My background is deep and set in deep time, and in a narrow space, oral traditions going back a long, long time, which I inherited by osmosis."

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Source : "Alan Garner: a life in books" by Alison Flood, www.theguardian.com. August 17, 2012.

Alan Garner

#Osmosis Quotes #Space Quotes #Long Quotes

“For the rest of my life I'll be thinking about that hamburger. I'll be sitting there at the counter, holding it in my hands with tears streaming down my cheeks. The waitress will be looking away because she doesn't like to see kids crying when they are eating hamburgers...”
“I'm not in front of the camera, they are. I encourage them; I build up as much of their confidence and ego as possible. They've got to take control; I can't act it out.”
“I always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of 12.”
“You have to digest life. You have to chew it up and love it all through.”

Source : Paula McLain (2011). “The Paris Wife: A Novel”, p.204, Ballantine Books
“One must not attempt to justify them, but rather to sense their nature simply and clearly.”
“Such bickerings to recount, met often in these our writers, what more worth is it than to chronicle the wars of kites or crows flocking and fighting in the air?”
“It only takes for one person to remind you that you are special, and then your whole life is changed.”

Source : "Kellee Stewart: The My Boys Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, www.kamwilliams.com. July 7, 2008.
“See, the â€˜small stuffâ€™ is what makes up the larger picture of our lives. Many people are like you, young man. But their perspective is distorted. They ignore â€˜small stuff,â€™ claiming to have an eye on the bigger picture, never understanding that the bigger picture is composed of nothing more than-are you ready?- â€˜small stuffâ€™.”

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