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Paula Fox Quotes

The minute you become conscious that you are doing good, that’s the minute you have to stop because from then on it’s wrong Picture Quote #1

I have a painter’s memory. I can remember things from my childhood which were so powerfully imprinted on me, the whole scene comes back Picture Quote #1

In my early twenties, that’s when I really began to write. Before that, I was too busy working, keeping myself going Picture Quote #1

I don’t know what makes a writer’s voice. It’s dozens of things. There are people who write who don’t have it. They’re tone-deaf, even though they’re very fluent. It’s an ability, like anything else, being a doctor or a veterinarian, or a musician Picture Quote #1

I like to cook; it is, for me, a happy combination of mindlessness and purpose Picture Quote #1

Words are nets through which all truth escapes Picture Quote #1

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To be human is to be in a story Picture Quote #1

Life is all getting used to what you’re not used to Picture Quote #1

Freedom is a public library Picture Quote #1

Literature is the province of imagination, and stories, in whatever guise, are meditations on life Picture Quote #1

Teachers inspire the smallest hearts to grow big enough to change the world Picture Quote #1

The truth came slowly like a story told by people interrupting each other Picture Quote #1

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My life was incoherent to me. I felt it quivering, spitting out broken teeth Picture Quote #1

I don’t like to listen to music while I’m working Picture Quote #1

I was the goldfish that leapt out of the bowl Picture Quote #1

A lie hides the truth. A story tries to find it Picture Quote #1

A good novel begins with a small question and ends with a bigger one Picture Quote #1

There’s a certain amount of tyranny in all of us to some extent, and in some people it’s much more developed than in others. It’s a different balance which makes us all different Picture Quote #1

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When I begin a story at my desk, the window to my back, the path is not there. As I start to walk, I make the path Picture Quote #1

Imagination has to do with one’s awareness of the reality of other people as well as of one’s own reality. Imagination is a bridge between the provincialism of the self and the great world Picture Quote #1

The language of labels is like paper money, issued irresponsibly, with nothing of intrinsic value behind it, that is, with no effort of the intelligence to see, to really apprehend Picture Quote #1

I’ve always known a lot of very bad people, destructive, brutes of a certain kind. Then I’ve seen these lovely impulses and what not, and they’ve stayed with me and comforted me Picture Quote #1

In my early twenties, that’s when I really began to write. Before that, I was too busy working, keeping myself going Picture Quote #1

I have a painter’s memory. I can remember things from my childhood which were so powerfully imprinted on me, the whole scene comes back Picture Quote #1

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Families hold each other in an iron grip of definition. One must break the grip, somehow Picture Quote #1

The minute you become conscious that you are doing good, that’s the minute you have to stop because from then on it’s wrong Picture Quote #1

There was no way to grasp the reality of the present which slid away each second, invisible as air; reality only existed after the fact, in one’s vision of the past Picture Quote #1

You’ll see some bad things, but if you didn’t see them, they’d still be happening Picture Quote #1

When you read to a child, when you put a book in a child’s hands, you are bringing that child news of the infinitely varied nature of life. You are an awakener Picture Quote #1

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The minute you become conscious that you are doing good, that’s the minute you have to stop because from then on it’s wrong. (Paula Fox Quotes) I have a painter’s memory. I can remember things from my childhood which were so powerfully imprinted on me, the whole scene comes back. (Paula Fox Quotes) In my early twenties, that’s when I really began to write. Before that, I was too busy working, keeping myself going. (Paula Fox Quotes) I don’t know what makes a writer’s voice. It’s dozens of things. There are people who write who don’t have it. They’re tone-deaf, even though they’re very fluent. It’s an ability, like anything else, being a doctor or a veterinarian, or a musician (Paula Fox Quotes) I like to cook; it is, for me, a happy combination of mindlessness and purpose (Paula Fox Quotes) Words are nets through which all truth escapes (Paula Fox Quotes) To be human is to be in a story (Paula Fox Quotes) Life is all getting used to what you’re not used to (Paula Fox Quotes) Freedom is a public library (Paula Fox Quotes) Literature is the province of imagination, and stories, in whatever guise, are meditations on life (Paula Fox Quotes) Teachers inspire the smallest hearts to grow big enough to change the world (Paula Fox Quotes) The truth came slowly like a story told by people interrupting each other (Paula Fox Quotes) My life was incoherent to me. I felt it quivering, spitting out broken teeth (Paula Fox Quotes) I don’t like to listen to music while I’m working (Paula Fox Quotes) I was the goldfish that leapt out of the bowl (Paula Fox Quotes) A lie hides the truth. A story tries to find it (Paula Fox Quotes) A good novel begins with a small question and ends with a bigger one (Paula Fox Quotes) There’s a certain amount of tyranny in all of us to some extent, and in some people it’s much more developed than in others. It’s a different balance which makes us all different (Paula Fox Quotes) When I begin a story at my desk, the window to my back, the path is not there. As I start to walk, I make the path (Paula Fox Quotes) Imagination has to do with one’s awareness of the reality of other people as well as of one’s own reality. Imagination is a bridge between the provincialism of the self and the great world (Paula Fox Quotes) The language of labels is like paper money, issued irresponsibly, with nothing of intrinsic value behind it, that is, with no effort of the intelligence to see, to really apprehend (Paula Fox Quotes) I’ve always known a lot of very bad people, destructive, brutes of a certain kind. Then I’ve seen these lovely impulses and what not, and they’ve stayed with me and comforted me (Paula Fox Quotes) In my early twenties, that’s when I really began to write. Before that, I was too busy working, keeping myself going (Paula Fox Quotes) I have a painter’s memory. I can remember things from my childhood which were so powerfully imprinted on me, the whole scene comes back (Paula Fox Quotes) Families hold each other in an iron grip of definition. One must break the grip, somehow (Paula Fox Quotes) The minute you become conscious that you are doing good, that’s the minute you have to stop because from then on it’s wrong (Paula Fox Quotes) There was no way to grasp the reality of the present which slid away each second, invisible as air; reality only existed after the fact, in one’s vision of the past (Paula Fox Quotes) You’ll see some bad things, but if you didn’t see them, they’d still be happening (Paula Fox Quotes) When you read to a child, when you put a book in a child’s hands, you are bringing that child news of the infinitely varied nature of life. You are an awakener (Paula Fox Quotes)

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