"Antagonism in my family comes wrapped in layers of code, sideways feints, full deniability. I believe the same can be said of many families."

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Source : Karen Joy Fowler (2014). “We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves”, p.20, Serpent's Tail

Karen Joy Fowler

#Believe Quotes #Layers Quotes #My Family Quotes

“Inspiration is just one requirement for being a writer. Another is keeping regular working hours.”
“If God were alive today, He'd be an atheist.”
“When something goes wrong, what's the best course of action? To change your direction. The word repentance means to stop going one direction (your own way) and turn toward the right direction (God's way). Your past may be a part of who you are, but it certainly doesn't have to define your future. Or if you feel stuck and unable to change directions and move toward God, think of this transformation another way. The Bible says that God is the Potter and we are his clay (Jer. 18:2-6).”
“That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.”
“Tagore once said - art has to be beautiful, but, before that, it has to be truthful.”

Source : "Cinema and I" by Ritwik Ghatak, (pp. 75), 1987.
“Signs and symbols rule the world, not words nor laws.”
“Wild tongues can't be tamed, they can only be cut out.”
“Anyone who acquires more than the usual amount of knowledge concerning a subject is bound to leave it as his contribution to the knowledge of the world.”

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