"We are all ashamed in one way or another. Who among us is not stained by the past?"

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Source : Jenna Blum, Maggie O'Farrell, Molly Gloss, Nicole Mones, Elizabeth Benedict (2010). “The Best Contemporary Women's Fiction: Six Novels”, p.430, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Jenna Blum

#Past Quotes #Way Quotes #Ashamed Quotes

“I want to stay away from politics, or else I'll probably end up putting my size fifteen foot into my mouth”
“Good readers make much out of little.”

Source : Irving Howe (1995). “A Critic's Notebook”, Harvest Books
“I always said that you can use the same vehicle although the driver will change, or the same vehicle to go for the race. It's a different driver, this is exactly what's happening to the cabinet.”
“Writing is the act of saying "I," of imposing oneself upon other people, of saying "listen to me, see it my way, change your mind."”
“From its earliest beginnings, golf has been a gentleman's game - to be played as much for the sake of the game as for the contest.”
“I don't play any instruments, but I do read a lot.”
“As the sun's rays will irradiate even the murky pool, and make its stagnant waters to shine like silver, so doth God's goodness and tender mercy, towards the greatest sinner, and the blackest heart, make his own image visible there!”
“I don't have much experience, but the few times when I would go on a date with a girl - like when I was 12 - there was a lot of sharing, and a lot of talking, and a lot of asking how I am. They thought we were dating, and I was sort of hoping to meet their brothers.”

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