"I do find stories - or literary fiction - an apt form for analyzing the world. And especially for trying to imagine the other. An agenda, again, that seems more important now than ever."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Jim Shepard

#Important Quotes #Trying Quotes #Fiction Quotes

“The most wonderful thing in the world is somebody who knows who they are and knows where they're going and knows what they were created to do”
“I was born in Argentina, June 13, 1943. I brought up my parents very well, so they let me come to America to study at Princeton University.”
“Designers are more like artistic directors now. Before, there wasn't this idea of supervising the artistic direction of the entire house. The old way was to think you could be this couturier or designer or stylist.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Hemingway seems to be in a funny position. People nowadays can't identify with him closely as a member of their own generation, and he isn't yet historical.”
“We read to know that we are not alone.”

Source : "Shadowlands". December 25, 1993.
“As a state we are so uniquely positioned in so many ways. Our geography, our placement in the country, and our history positions us to be the state that propels energy efficiency as an industry.”
“Death hath a thousand doors to let out life.”
“In order to live as we were designed to live, we must be in pursuit not simply of manhood but of godly masculinity. That begins by being men who are rightly related to God, who understand what it means to fear him, and who respond to that fear by being alert, standing firm in the faith, and being men of courage.”

Source : Bob Lepine (2003). “The Christian Husband: God's Vision for Loving and Caring for Your Wife”, Gospel Light Pubns

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