"...[She] felt as if she were both a stranger to herself and more herself than she'd ever been."

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Source : Susan Minot (2010). “Evening”, p.17, Vintage

Susan Minot

#Stranger Quotes

“We're not able to do anything about the bomb, but we can do something about the results. We're able to heal the people - not all of them. Some people died. But we're able to heal people, so we're doing something positive. And that's a great motivator.”
“Faith is the champion of Grace, and Love the nurse; but Humility is the beauty of Grace.”
“The opportunities which the present position open up for a lasting and radical solution of the most vexing problem of the Jewish state are so far-reaching as to take one's breath away.”
“People need to remember we are the governing party because we have diversity of opinion in our party. We're not pure. We have moderates and we have more progressives.”
“One of the best things about writing is how it redeems, not to mention recycles, all of one's prior experiences, including or perhaps especially the failures.”
“Take Courage! Whatever you decide to do, it will probably be the wrong thing.”
“It was important, I know, for my father as a product of his times not to be vulnerable, so he chose, and I can't say that I blame him, to live his life rather than create it.”
“Will we confront climate change in time or will we let fossil fuel companies determine our fate? This is a fight we can't afford to lose, and that's what keeps me moving forward.”

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