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Chris Cleave Quotes

Life is extremely short and you cannot dance to current affairs Picture Quote #1

To be well in your mind you have first to be free Picture Quote #1

I know that the hopes of this whole human world can fit inside one soul Picture Quote #1

We cannot choose where to start and stop. Our stories are the tellers of us Picture Quote #1

At some point you just have to turn around and face your life head on Picture Quote #1

It was hard not to be full of hope Picture Quote #1

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We were exiles from reality that summer. We were refugees from ourselves Picture Quote #1

Your culture has become sophisticated, like a computer, or a drug that you take for a headache. You can use it, but you cannot explain how it works. Certainly not to girls who stack up their firewood against the side of the house Picture Quote #1

Death, of course, is a refuge. It’s where you go when a new name, or a mask and cape, can no longer hide you from yourself. It’s where you run to when none of the principalities of your conscience will grant you asylum Picture Quote #1

So when I say that I am a refugee, you must understand that there is no refuge Picture Quote #1

Sad words are just another beauty. A sad story means, this storyteller is alive. The next thing you know something fine will happen to her, something marvelous, and then she will turn around and smile Picture Quote #1

Horror in your country is something you take a dose of to remind yourself that you are not suffering from it Picture Quote #1

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I think that the relationship between two top level athletes who are rivals is one of the most fascinating human relationships to explore. It's always one atom away from being a tragedy Picture Quote #1

The future looks like gasoline... crude oil... is the future before it has been refined. It is like a dream of the future, really, and like any dream it ends with a rude awakening Picture Quote #1

They say that in the hour before an earthquake the clouds hang leaden in the sky, the winds slows to a hot breath, and the birds fall quiet in the trees of the town square. Yes but these are the same portents that precede lunchtime, frankly Picture Quote #1

What is an adventure? That depends on where you are starting from. Little girls in your country, they hide in the gap between the washing machine and the refrigerator and they make believe they are in the jungle, with green snakes and monkeys all around them. Me and my sister, we used to hide in a gap in the jungle, with green snakes and monkeys all around us, and make believe that we had a washing machine and a refrigerator. You live in a world of machines and you dream off things with beating hearts. We dream of machines, because we see where beating hearts have left us Picture Quote #1

I could not stop talking because now I had started my story, it wanted to be finished. We cannot choose where to start and stop. Our stories are the tellers of us Picture Quote #1

You travel here and you travel there, trying to get out from under the cloud, and nothing works, and then one day you realize you’ve been carrying the weather around with you Picture Quote #1

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The reason why I love people, and writing about them, is because they don’t always respond with hate and anger. If they did I wouldn’t have a story to tell. Who wants to know about someone who was brutalised and became brutal? I’m interested in the exceptions Picture Quote #1

If your face is swollen from the severe beatings of life, smile and pretend to be a fat man Picture Quote #1

That is how we lived, happily and without hope. I was very young then, and I did not miss having a future because I did not know I was entitled to one Picture Quote #1

This is the forked tongue of grief again. It whispers in one ear: return to what you once loved best, and in the other ear it whispers, move on Picture Quote #1

In my world death will come chasing. In your world it will start whispering in your ear to destroy yourself. I know this because it started whispering to me when I was in the detention center Picture Quote #1

Still shaking, in the pew, I understood that it isn’t the dead we cry for. We cry for ourselves, and I didn’t deserve my own pity Picture Quote #1

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People wonder how they are ever going to change their lives, but really it is frighteningly easy Picture Quote #1

A scar is never ugly. That is what the scar makers want us to think. A scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived Picture Quote #1

We’re often told that we live in a globalized world, and we talk about it all the time, but people don’t stop to think about what it means Picture Quote #1

The only bad days as a writer are the ones when you are too cowardly or too lazy to sit down at the keyboard and give it everything you have Picture Quote #1

I like to push characters to extremes so they have to make really tough decisions and there is no life more extreme than that of an athlete Picture Quote #1

I think, in common with a lot of novelists, I wasn’t the most athletic guy at school Picture Quote #1

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Life is extremely short and you cannot dance to current affairs (Chris Cleave Quotes) To be well in your mind you have first to be free (Chris Cleave Quotes) I know that the hopes of this whole human world can fit inside one soul (Chris Cleave Quotes) We cannot choose where to start and stop. Our stories are the tellers of us (Chris Cleave Quotes) At some point you just have to turn around and face your life head on (Chris Cleave Quotes) It was hard not to be full of hope (Chris Cleave Quotes) We were exiles from reality that summer. We were refugees from ourselves (Chris Cleave Quotes) Your culture has become sophisticated, like a computer, or a drug that you take for a headache. You can use it, but you cannot explain how it works. Certainly not to girls who stack up their firewood against the side of the house (Chris Cleave Quotes) Death, of course, is a refuge. It’s where you go when a new name, or a mask and cape, can no longer hide you from yourself. It’s where you run to when none of the principalities of your conscience will grant you asylum (Chris Cleave Quotes) So when I say that I am a refugee, you must understand that there is no refuge (Chris Cleave Quotes) Sad words are just another beauty. A sad story means, this storyteller is alive. The next thing you know something fine will happen to her, something marvelous, and then she will turn around and smile (Chris Cleave Quotes) Horror in your country is something you take a dose of to remind yourself that you are not suffering from it (Chris Cleave Quotes) I think that the relationship between two top level athletes who are rivals is one of the most fascinating human relationships to explore. It's always one atom away from being a tragedy (Chris Cleave Quotes) The future looks like gasoline... crude oil... is the future before it has been refined. It is like a dream of the future, really, and like any dream it ends with a rude awakening (Chris Cleave Quotes) They say that in the hour before an earthquake the clouds hang leaden in the sky, the winds slows to a hot breath, and the birds fall quiet in the trees of the town square. Yes but these are the same portents that precede lunchtime, frankly (Chris Cleave Quotes) What is an adventure? That depends on where you are starting from. Little girls in your country, they hide in the gap between the washing machine and the refrigerator and they make believe they are in the jungle, with green snakes and monkeys all around them. Me and my sister, we used to hide in a gap in the jungle, with green snakes and monkeys all around us, and make believe that we had a washing machine and a refrigerator. You live in a world of machines and you dream off things with beating hearts. We dream of machines, because we see where beating hearts have left us (Chris Cleave Quotes) I could not stop talking because now I had started my story, it wanted to be finished. We cannot choose where to start and stop. Our stories are the tellers of us (Chris Cleave Quotes) You travel here and you travel there, trying to get out from under the cloud, and nothing works, and then one day you realize you’ve been carrying the weather around with you (Chris Cleave Quotes) The reason why I love people, and writing about them, is because they don’t always respond with hate and anger. If they did I wouldn’t have a story to tell. Who wants to know about someone who was brutalised and became brutal? I’m interested in the exceptions (Chris Cleave Quotes) If your face is swollen from the severe beatings of life, smile and pretend to be a fat man (Chris Cleave Quotes) That is how we lived, happily and without hope. I was very young then, and I did not miss having a future because I did not know I was entitled to one (Chris Cleave Quotes) This is the forked tongue of grief again. It whispers in one ear: return to what you once loved best, and in the other ear it whispers, move on (Chris Cleave Quotes) In my world death will come chasing. In your world it will start whispering in your ear to destroy yourself. I know this because it started whispering to me when I was in the detention center (Chris Cleave Quotes) Still shaking, in the pew, I understood that it isn’t the dead we cry for. We cry for ourselves, and I didn’t deserve my own pity (Chris Cleave Quotes) People wonder how they are ever going to change their lives, but really it is frighteningly easy (Chris Cleave Quotes) A scar is never ugly. That is what the scar makers want us to think. A scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived (Chris Cleave Quotes) We’re often told that we live in a globalized world, and we talk about it all the time, but people don’t stop to think about what it means (Chris Cleave Quotes) The only bad days as a writer are the ones when you are too cowardly or too lazy to sit down at the keyboard and give it everything you have (Chris Cleave Quotes) I like to push characters to extremes so they have to make really tough decisions and there is no life more extreme than that of an athlete (Chris Cleave Quotes) I think, in common with a lot of novelists, I wasn’t the most athletic guy at school (Chris Cleave Quotes)

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