"I could not live by literature if only to begin with, because of the slow maturing of my work and its special character."

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Source : Tillie Olsen (1995). “Tell Me a Riddle”, p.96, Rutgers University Press

Tillie Olsen

#Character Quotes #Special Quotes #Literature Quotes

“When debts are not paid because they cannot be paid, the best thing to do is not talk about them, and shuffle the cards again.”
“Los Angeles is peopled by waiters and carpenters and drivers who are there to be actors.”
“I had no cares. I was one of those kids: â€˜If you laugh at me, laugh at me.â€™ I donâ€™t have that censor, which is important in this business because youâ€™re constantly told: â€˜Gosh, you didnâ€™t look very good. You donâ€™t look pretty in that scene, or you didnâ€™t do that right, or youâ€™d look so much better if your hair looked lighter.â€™ You really have to have tough skin or youâ€™d end up like a heaping, crying mess all the time.”
“My wife of 57 years was buried today beside our son, who died in 1941 as a result of a truck accident when he was hitchhiking to take a job. She has longed for him all these years, and now she is with him. I know they are embraced in happiness.”
“Whenever I watch the beginning of Jimmy Fallon, I feel like I should sue the Roots for bait and switch.”
“The world is an inherently unfair place.”
“We are living through the most profound changes in the economy since the Industrial Revolution. Technology, globalization, and the accelerating pace of change have yielded chaotic markets, fierce competition, and unpredictable staff requirements.”
“I say that I'm not into you like that, Camryn, because..," he pauses, searching my face, looking at my lips for a moment as if deciding whether or not he should kiss them again, "...because you're not the girl I could only sleep with once.”

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