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Alice Munro Quotes

Sometimes I get the start of a story from a memory, an anecdote, but that gets lost and is usually unrecognizable in the final story Picture Quote #1

In twenty years I’ve never had a day when I didn’t have to think about someone else’s needs. And this means the writing has to be fitted around it Picture Quote #1

I can’t play bridge. I don’t play tennis. All those things that people learn, and I admire, there hasn’t seemed time for. But what there is time for is looking out the window Picture Quote #1

Moments of kindness and reconciliation are worth having, even if the parting has to come sooner or later Picture Quote #1

It’s as if tendencies that seem most deeply rooted in our minds, most private and singular, have come in as spores on the prevailing wind, looking for any likely place to land, any welcome Picture Quote #1

Country manners. Even if somebody phones up to tell you your house is burning down, they ask first how you are Picture Quote #1

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I don’t always, or even usually, read stories from beginning to end. I start anywhere and proceed in either direction. A story is not like a road to follow, it’s more like a house. You go inside and stay there for a while Picture Quote #1

One drop of hatred in your soul will spread and discolor everything like a drop of black ink in white milk Picture Quote #1

Writing is hard, but the more you write, and enjoy what you write, the better it gets Picture Quote #1

One stroke of lightning does not have to lead anywhere, but to the next stroke of lightning Picture Quote #1

Anecdotes don’t make good stories. Generally I dig down underneath them so far that the story that finally comes out is not what people thought their anecdotes were about Picture Quote #1

Now that I think of it, she looked splendid. I wish I had met her somewhere else. I wish I had appreciated her as she deserved. I wish that everything had gone differently Picture Quote #1

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I knew I would be famous one day. That’s because I lived in a very small town and nobody liked doing the same things I did, like writing Picture Quote #1

You think that would have changed things? The answer is of course, and for a while, and never Picture Quote #1

Hatred is always a sin, my mother told me. Remember that. One drop of hatred in your soul will spread and discolor everything like a drop of black ink in white milk. I was struck by that and meant to try it, but knew I shouldn’t waste the milk Picture Quote #1

She was learning, quite late, what many people around her appeared to have known since childhood that life can be perfectly satisfying without major achievements Picture Quote #1

The images, the language, of pornography, and romance are alike; monotonous and mechanically seductive, quickly leading to despair Picture Quote #1

Speculation can be more gentle, can take its time, when it is not driven by desire Picture Quote #1

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It was at this time that she entirely gave up on reading. The covers of books looked like coffins to her, either shabby or ornate, and what was inside them might as well have been dust Picture Quote #1

He was evidently the sort of person who posed questions that were traps for you to fall into Picture Quote #1

Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream Picture Quote #1

Always remember that when a man goes out of the room, he leaves everything in it behind... When a woman goes out she carries everything that happened in the room along with her Picture Quote #1

Few people, very few, have a treasure, and if you do you must hang onto it. You must not let yourself be waylaid, and have it taken from you Picture Quote #1

I felt in him what women feel in men, something so tender, swollen, tyrannical, absurd; I would never take the consequences of interfering with it Picture Quote #1

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I was amazed as people must be who are seized and kidnapped, and who realize that in the strange world of their captors they have a value absolutely unconnected with anything they know about themselves Picture Quote #1

In your life there are a few places, or maybe only the one place, where something happened, and then there are all the other places Picture Quote #1

What she felt was a lighthearted sort of compassion, almost like laughter. A swish of tender hilarity, getting the better of all her sores and hollows, for the time given Picture Quote #1

I despised their antics because I took life seriously and had a much more lofty and tender notion of romance. But I would have liked to get their attention just the same Picture Quote #1

There would never be any room in her for anything else. No room for anything but the realization of what she had done Picture Quote #1

I like a lot of Margaret Atwood, I like much of Alice Munro. Again, if you were to ask me about male writers, there’s often a novel I admire, but not all of their works Picture Quote #1

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Sometimes I get the start of a story from a memory, an anecdote, but that gets lost and is usually unrecognizable in the final story (Alice Munro Quotes) In twenty years I’ve never had a day when I didn’t have to think about someone else’s needs. And this means the writing has to be fitted around it (Alice Munro Quotes) I can’t play bridge. I don’t play tennis. All those things that people learn, and I admire, there hasn’t seemed time for. But what there is time for is looking out the window (Alice Munro Quotes) Moments of kindness and reconciliation are worth having, even if the parting has to come sooner or later (Alice Munro Quotes) It’s as if tendencies that seem most deeply rooted in our minds, most private and singular, have come in as spores on the prevailing wind, looking for any likely place to land, any welcome (Alice Munro Quotes) Country manners. Even if somebody phones up to tell you your house is burning down, they ask first how you are (Alice Munro Quotes) I don’t always, or even usually, read stories from beginning to end. I start anywhere and proceed in either direction. A story is not like a road to follow, it’s more like a house. You go inside and stay there for a while (Alice Munro Quotes) One drop of hatred in your soul will spread and discolor everything like a drop of black ink in white milk (Alice Munro Quotes) Writing is hard, but the more you write, and enjoy what you write, the better it gets (Alice Munro Quotes) One stroke of lightning does not have to lead anywhere, but to the next stroke of lightning (Alice Munro Quotes) Anecdotes don’t make good stories. Generally I dig down underneath them so far that the story that finally comes out is not what people thought their anecdotes were about (Alice Munro Quotes) Now that I think of it, she looked splendid. I wish I had met her somewhere else. I wish I had appreciated her as she deserved. I wish that everything had gone differently (Alice Munro Quotes) I knew I would be famous one day. That’s because I lived in a very small town and nobody liked doing the same things I did, like writing (Alice Munro Quotes) You think that would have changed things? The answer is of course, and for a while, and never (Alice Munro Quotes) Hatred is always a sin, my mother told me. Remember that. One drop of hatred in your soul will spread and discolor everything like a drop of black ink in white milk. I was struck by that and meant to try it, but knew I shouldn’t waste the milk (Alice Munro Quotes) She was learning, quite late, what many people around her appeared to have known since childhood that life can be perfectly satisfying without major achievements (Alice Munro Quotes) The images, the language, of pornography, and romance are alike; monotonous and mechanically seductive, quickly leading to despair (Alice Munro Quotes) Speculation can be more gentle, can take its time, when it is not driven by desire (Alice Munro Quotes) It was at this time that she entirely gave up on reading. The covers of books looked like coffins to her, either shabby or ornate, and what was inside them might as well have been dust (Alice Munro Quotes) He was evidently the sort of person who posed questions that were traps for you to fall into (Alice Munro Quotes) Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream (Alice Munro Quotes) Always remember that when a man goes out of the room, he leaves everything in it behind... When a woman goes out she carries everything that happened in the room along with her (Alice Munro Quotes) Few people, very few, have a treasure, and if you do you must hang onto it. You must not let yourself be waylaid, and have it taken from you (Alice Munro Quotes) I felt in him what women feel in men, something so tender, swollen, tyrannical, absurd; I would never take the consequences of interfering with it (Alice Munro Quotes) I was amazed as people must be who are seized and kidnapped, and who realize that in the strange world of their captors they have a value absolutely unconnected with anything they know about themselves (Alice Munro Quotes) In your life there are a few places, or maybe only the one place, where something happened, and then there are all the other places (Alice Munro Quotes) What she felt was a lighthearted sort of compassion, almost like laughter. A swish of tender hilarity, getting the better of all her sores and hollows, for the time given (Alice Munro Quotes) I despised their antics because I took life seriously and had a much more lofty and tender notion of romance. But I would have liked to get their attention just the same (Alice Munro Quotes) There would never be any room in her for anything else. No room for anything but the realization of what she had done (Alice Munro Quotes) I like a lot of Margaret Atwood, I like much of Alice Munro. Again, if you were to ask me about male writers, there’s often a novel I admire, but not all of their works (Alice Munro Quotes)

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