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Ian Mcewan Quotes

I did not kill my father, but I sometimes felt I had helped him on his way. And but for the fact that it coincided with a landmark in my own physical growth, his death seemed insignificant compared to what followed Picture Quote #1

For the professors in the academy, for the humanities generally, misery is more amenable to analysis: happiness is a harder nut to crack Picture Quote #1

It is not the first duty of the novelist to provide blueprints for insurrection, or uplifting tales of successful resistance for the benefit of the opposition. The naming of what is there is what is important Picture Quote #1

Now, I’m an atheist. I really don’t believe for a moment that our moral sense comes from a God Picture Quote #1

I was an intimate sort of child who never spoke up in groups. I preferred close friends Picture Quote #1

I wouldn’t mind being the lead guitarist in an incredibly successful rock band. However, I don’t play the guitar Picture Quote #1

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Novelists have to be adept at controlling the flow of information, and, most crucially, they have to be in charge of the narrative Picture Quote #1

Scientists do stand on the shoulders of giants, just as do writers. Conversely, in the arts we do make discoveries. We do refine our tools. So I am arguing with, or at least playing with, the idea that art never improves Picture Quote #1

A story was a form of telepathy. By means of inking symbols onto a page, she was able to send thoughts and feelings from her mind to her reader’s. It was a magical process, so commonplace that no one stopped to wonder at it Picture Quote #1

Wasn’t writing a kind of soaring, an achievable form of flight, of fancy, of the imagination? Picture Quote #1

Not everything people did could be in a correct, logical order, especially when they were alone Picture Quote #1

He’s never quite got the trick of conversation, tending to hear in dissenting views, however mild, a kind of affront, an invitation to mortal combat Picture Quote #1

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All she had needed was the certainty of his love, and his reassurance that there was no hurry when a lifetime lay ahead of them Picture Quote #1

However, withered, I still feel myself to be exactly the same person I’ve always been. Hard to explain that to the young. we may look truly reptilian, but we’re not a separate tribe Picture Quote #1

It wasn’t only wickedness and scheming that made people unhappy, it was confusion and misunderstanding; above all, it was the failure to grasp the simple truth that other people are as real as you Picture Quote #1

There’s a taste in the air, sweet and vaguely antiseptic, that reminds him of his teenage years in these streets, and of a general state of longing, a hunger for life to begin that from this distance seems like happiness Picture Quote #1

It is quite impossible these days to assume anything about people’s educational level from the way they talk or dress or from their taste in music. Safest to treat everyone you meet as a distinguished intellectual Picture Quote #1

When its gone, you’ll know what a gift love was. you’ll suffer like this. So go back and fight to keep it Picture Quote #1

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The cost of oblivious daydreaming was always this moment of return, the realignment with what had been before and now seemed a little worse Picture Quote #1

It was common enough, to see so much death and want a child. Common, therefore human, and he wanted it all the more. When the wounded were screaming, you dreamed of sharing a little house somewhere, of an ordinary life, a family line, connection Picture Quote #1

She would simply wait on the bridge, calm and obstinate, until events, real events, not her own fantasies, roe to her challenge, and dispelled her insignificance Picture Quote #1

And though you think the world is at your feet, it can rise up and tread on you Picture Quote #1

What idiocy, to racing into this story and its labyrinths, sprinting away from our happiness among the fresh spring grasses by the oak Picture Quote #1

Twenty years ago I might have hired a professional listener, but somewhere along the way I had lost faith in the talking cure. A genteel fraud in my view Picture Quote #1

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From this new and intimate perspective, she learned a simple, obvious thing she had always known, and everyone knew; that a person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn, not easily mended Picture Quote #1

You can tell a lot from a person’s nails. When a life starts to unravel, they’re among the first to go Picture Quote #1

It is shaming sometimes how the body will not, or cannot, lie about emotions. Who, for decorum’s sake, has ever slowed his heart, or muted a blush? Picture Quote #1

She sleepwalked from moment to moment, and whole months slipped by without memory, without bearing the faintest imprint of her conscious will Picture Quote #1

He saw that no one owned anything really. It’s all rented, or borrowed. Our possessions will outlast us, we’ll desert them in the end Picture Quote #1

At that moment, the urge to be writing was stronger than any notion she had of what she might write Picture Quote #1

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I did not kill my father, but I sometimes felt I had helped him on his way. And but for the fact that it coincided with a landmark in my own physical growth, his death seemed insignificant compared to what followed (Ian Mcewan Quotes) For the professors in the academy, for the humanities generally, misery is more amenable to analysis: happiness is a harder nut to crack (Ian Mcewan Quotes) It is not the first duty of the novelist to provide blueprints for insurrection, or uplifting tales of successful resistance for the benefit of the opposition. The naming of what is there is what is important (Ian Mcewan Quotes) Now, I’m an atheist. I really don’t believe for a moment that our moral sense comes from a God (Ian Mcewan Quotes) I was an intimate sort of child who never spoke up in groups. I preferred close friends (Ian Mcewan Quotes) I wouldn’t mind being the lead guitarist in an incredibly successful rock band. However, I don’t play the guitar (Ian Mcewan Quotes) Novelists have to be adept at controlling the flow of information, and, most crucially, they have to be in charge of the narrative (Ian Mcewan Quotes) Scientists do stand on the shoulders of giants, just as do writers. Conversely, in the arts we do make discoveries. We do refine our tools. So I am arguing with, or at least playing with, the idea that art never improves (Ian Mcewan Quotes) A story was a form of telepathy. By means of inking symbols onto a page, she was able to send thoughts and feelings from her mind to her reader’s. It was a magical process, so commonplace that no one stopped to wonder at it (Ian Mcewan Quotes) Wasn’t writing a kind of soaring, an achievable form of flight, of fancy, of the imagination? (Ian Mcewan Quotes) Not everything people did could be in a correct, logical order, especially when they were alone (Ian Mcewan Quotes) He’s never quite got the trick of conversation, tending to hear in dissenting views, however mild, a kind of affront, an invitation to mortal combat (Ian Mcewan Quotes) All she had needed was the certainty of his love, and his reassurance that there was no hurry when a lifetime lay ahead of them (Ian Mcewan Quotes) However, withered, I still feel myself to be exactly the same person I’ve always been. Hard to explain that to the young. we may look truly reptilian, but we’re not a separate tribe (Ian Mcewan Quotes) It wasn’t only wickedness and scheming that made people unhappy, it was confusion and misunderstanding; above all, it was the failure to grasp the simple truth that other people are as real as you (Ian Mcewan Quotes) There’s a taste in the air, sweet and vaguely antiseptic, that reminds him of his teenage years in these streets, and of a general state of longing, a hunger for life to begin that from this distance seems like happiness (Ian Mcewan Quotes) It is quite impossible these days to assume anything about people’s educational level from the way they talk or dress or from their taste in music. Safest to treat everyone you meet as a distinguished intellectual (Ian Mcewan Quotes) When its gone, you’ll know what a gift love was. you’ll suffer like this. So go back and fight to keep it (Ian Mcewan Quotes) The cost of oblivious daydreaming was always this moment of return, the realignment with what had been before and now seemed a little worse (Ian Mcewan Quotes) It was common enough, to see so much death and want a child. Common, therefore human, and he wanted it all the more. When the wounded were screaming, you dreamed of sharing a little house somewhere, of an ordinary life, a family line, connection (Ian Mcewan Quotes) She would simply wait on the bridge, calm and obstinate, until events, real events, not her own fantasies, roe to her challenge, and dispelled her insignificance (Ian Mcewan Quotes) And though you think the world is at your feet, it can rise up and tread on you (Ian Mcewan Quotes) What idiocy, to racing into this story and its labyrinths, sprinting away from our happiness among the fresh spring grasses by the oak (Ian Mcewan Quotes) Twenty years ago I might have hired a professional listener, but somewhere along the way I had lost faith in the talking cure. A genteel fraud in my view (Ian Mcewan Quotes) From this new and intimate perspective, she learned a simple, obvious thing she had always known, and everyone knew; that a person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn, not easily mended (Ian Mcewan Quotes) You can tell a lot from a person’s nails. When a life starts to unravel, they’re among the first to go (Ian Mcewan Quotes) It is shaming sometimes how the body will not, or cannot, lie about emotions. Who, for decorum’s sake, has ever slowed his heart, or muted a blush? (Ian Mcewan Quotes) She sleepwalked from moment to moment, and whole months slipped by without memory, without bearing the faintest imprint of her conscious will (Ian Mcewan Quotes) He saw that no one owned anything really. It’s all rented, or borrowed. Our possessions will outlast us, we’ll desert them in the end (Ian Mcewan Quotes) At that moment, the urge to be writing was stronger than any notion she had of what she might write (Ian Mcewan Quotes)

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