"Her faith in a loving and forgiving God is strong, but she worships laughter."

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Source : Miriam Toews (2013). “Swing Low”, p.72, Faber & Faber

Miriam Toews

#Strong Quotes #Laughter Quotes #Forgiving Quotes

“If you look at the whole thing, I think the most gratifying thing is my kids, without a doubt.”
“Câ€™est moi, câ€™est moi,â€™tis I,' I told him. It seemed appropriately melodramatic, though I didnâ€™t know if heâ€™d catch the reference. I shouldnâ€™t have worried. Unexpectedly, he laughed. â€œTrust you to quote Lancelot rather than Guinevere.”
“It takes a lot more to run a good business than just trailing commissions or kickbacks otherwise everybody would succeed, wouldn't they?”
“Some day, as soon as a book is printed it will be simultaneously put into digital form. That will be a wonderful research tool, but it will never substitute for holding the book. I feel certain that at least within my lifetime, everyone will still be going to the bookstore and buying printed books. Thank God I'll die before I have to worry about whether the printed book itself will disappear. That's something I don't want to live to see.”
“Popular escapist fiction enchants adult readers without challenging them to be educated for critical consciousness.”
“The chasm between rich and poor is becoming larger, and I think it's interesting terrain to talk about and expose.”
“If you are a czar or a king or a president or someone that wants to control those below them you do not want people to have a consciousness of life, of their needs. Because people do not make good slaves when they're connected to life... That's why in the public schools the primary objective is obedience to authority.”
“I didn't do anything during the game. I only had one shot on goal and I did not create any chances. I was horrible. Maybe I should have left the pitch earlier.”

Source : "Rob and Pet Are Crocked" by David Anderson, www.mirror.co.uk. October 17, 2008.

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