"A story ... has a sturdy sense of itself of being built out of its own necessity, not just to shelter or beguile you."

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Alice Munro

#Stories Quotes #Shelter Quotes #Sturdy Quotes

“I never took sheet music seriously. I could do better myself just by listening to other people and using my own intuition.”
“What is to be sought in designs for the display of information is the clear portrayal of complexity. Not the complication of the simple; rather the task of the designer is to give visual access to the subtle and the difficult - that is, revelation of the complex.”
“I have never had to face anything that could overwhelm the native optimism and stubborn perseverance I was blessed with.”
“Ripe bananas are the mark of a good produce section. A good produce section is the mark of a superior grocery store. A superior grocery store is the mark of a good man.”
“All I want are high heels, high heels. If I was a girl, I'd wear a lot of high heels. High, stiletto heels.”
“As I pass it, I feel as if I saw a dear old mother, sweet in her weakness, trembling at the approach of her dissolution, but not appealing to me against the inevitable, rather endeavouring to reassure me by her patience, and pointing to a hopeful future.”
“When I went to Fashion Week, I was very disappointed by how few women of color were in those shows. I do speak to the younger girls, and I hear them when they say they're not getting the big contracts or into the big shows. So, to sum it up, it seems that whenever we take a couple of steps forward, we take a few more backwards.”

Source : Source: lasentinel.net
“...it can be so boring being you sometimes, and if you were the most special thing like that, it could be really great, but maybe some people say the same thing about you, and you want to tell those people: 'No, you're stupid, it's no fun being me.”

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