"The happening and telling are very different things. This doesnâ€™t mean that the story isnâ€™t true, only that I honestly donâ€™t know anymore if I really remember it or only remember how to tell it. Language does this to our memories, simplifies, solidifies, codifies, mummifies. An off-told story is like a photograph in a family album. Eventually it replaces the moment it was meant to capture."

-- Karen Joy Fowler

#Memories Quotes #Mean Quotes #Stories Quotes

“For every album, I look at where I'm at in my career and think of a title that kind of represents that. And for me, 'Night Train' was kind of a metaphor for where things have gone, from being on one bus with 12 other guys, pulling a trailer my first few years on the road, to now. We're out here with six or seven buses and eight or nine semis.”
“Before we can begin to see the cross as something done FOR us, leading us to faith and worship, we have to see it as something done BY us, leading us to repentance. Only the man or woman who is prepared to own his share in the guilt of the cross may claim his share in its grace.”

Source : John Stott, Dale Larsen, Sandy Larsen (2009). “The Cross”, p.15, InterVarsity Press
“I don't believe that wishing works. I think we get the things we work for.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I have been to several wars to draw. I went to Vietnam. And made drawings in Vietnam during that period of the war there, and found that to be a very very sad situation.”
“Drawing makes you see things clearer, and clearer and clearer still, until your eyes ache.”
“I've done some things that I shouldn't have done but I know I'm not a bad person, and I know that I can become a better person... Only thing I can do is work at it.”
“In America there's lot of cool cities, but in Canada there's, like, well, Vancouver, Toronto and Halifax may be cool, but they're so expensive. Montreal is the only city that's affordable but also has buses and culture.”
“One of my biggest problems is I get bored too easily, and I like to experiment too much, to the point where I confuse myself and I confuse my fans.”

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