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Annie Proulx Quotes

If you get the landscape right, the characters will step out of it, and they’ll be in the right place Picture Quote #1

In a rough way the short story writer is to the novelist as a cabinetmaker is to a house carpenter Picture Quote #1

All the complex wires of life were stripped out and he could see the structure of life. Nothing but rock and sea, the tiny figures of humans and animals against them for a brief time Picture Quote #1

The only cities were of ice, bergs with cores of beryl, blue gems within white gems, that some said gave off an odor of almonds Picture Quote #1

We’re all strange inside. We learn how to disguise our differences as we grow up Picture Quote #1

The tide was still on the ebb in that complex swell and fall of water against land, as though a great heart in the centre of the earth beat but twice a day Picture Quote #1

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And so my father changed his name to William Pretty and here he grew up and led an independent life. And if it was not happy, he didn't know it Picture Quote #1

It takes a year, nephew... a full turn of the calendar, to get over losing someone Picture Quote #1

If a piece of knotted string can unleash the wind and if a drowned man can awaken... then I believe a broken man can heal Picture Quote #1

You know, the Chinese have forgotten more about sailing than the rest of the world ever knew Picture Quote #1

They say that doing ten sums a day prevents you from becoming senile. But by that argument bankers should be geniuses. That's not right. Thickest heads in the world Picture Quote #1

I find it satisfying and intellectually stimulating to work with the intensity, brevity, balance and word play of the short story Picture Quote #1

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If life was an arc of light that began in darkness, ended in darkness, the first part of his life had happened in ordinary glare. Here it was as though he had found a polarized lens that deepened and intensified all seen through it Picture Quote #1

Anyway, there's something wrong with everybody and it's up to you to know what you can handle Picture Quote #1

Are you like an enchanted thing? A damn story where some girl lets a warty old toad sleep in her shoe and in the mornin the toad's a good - lookin dude makin omelettes? Picture Quote #1

The devil had long ago taken a shine to Tert Card, filled him like a cream horn with itch and irritation. His middle name was X. Face like cottage cheese clawed with a fork Picture Quote #1

Thirty-six years old and this was the first time anybody ever said he'd done it right. Fog against the window like milk Picture Quote #1

That old, cold time on the mountain when they owned the world and nothing seemed wrong Picture Quote #1

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If you get the landscape right, the characters will step out of it, and they’ll be in the right place (Annie Proulx Quotes) In a rough way the short story writer is to the novelist as a cabinetmaker is to a house carpenter (Annie Proulx Quotes) All the complex wires of life were stripped out and he could see the structure of life. Nothing but rock and sea, the tiny figures of humans and animals against them for a brief time (Annie Proulx Quotes) The only cities were of ice, bergs with cores of beryl, blue gems within white gems, that some said gave off an odor of almonds (Annie Proulx Quotes) We’re all strange inside. We learn how to disguise our differences as we grow up (Annie Proulx Quotes) The tide was still on the ebb in that complex swell and fall of water against land, as though a great heart in the centre of the earth beat but twice a day (Annie Proulx Quotes) And so my father changed his name to William Pretty and here he grew up and led an independent life. And if it was not happy, he didn't know it (Annie Proulx Quotes) It takes a year, nephew... a full turn of the calendar, to get over losing someone (Annie Proulx Quotes) If a piece of knotted string can unleash the wind and if a drowned man can awaken... then I believe a broken man can heal (Annie Proulx Quotes) You know, the Chinese have forgotten more about sailing than the rest of the world ever knew (Annie Proulx Quotes) They say that doing ten sums a day prevents you from becoming senile. But by that argument bankers should be geniuses. That's not right. Thickest heads in the world (Annie Proulx Quotes) I find it satisfying and intellectually stimulating to work with the intensity, brevity, balance and word play of the short story (Annie Proulx Quotes) If life was an arc of light that began in darkness, ended in darkness, the first part of his life had happened in ordinary glare. Here it was as though he had found a polarized lens that deepened and intensified all seen through it (Annie Proulx Quotes) Anyway, there's something wrong with everybody and it's up to you to know what you can handle (Annie Proulx Quotes) Are you like an enchanted thing? A damn story where some girl lets a warty old toad sleep in her shoe and in the mornin the toad's a good - lookin dude makin omelettes? (Annie Proulx Quotes) The devil had long ago taken a shine to Tert Card, filled him like a cream horn with itch and irritation. His middle name was X. Face like cottage cheese clawed with a fork (Annie Proulx Quotes) Thirty-six years old and this was the first time anybody ever said he'd done it right. Fog against the window like milk (Annie Proulx Quotes) That old, cold time on the mountain when they owned the world and nothing seemed wrong (Annie Proulx Quotes)

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