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Susan Minot Quotes

Success did change me. You don’t want it to, but it does Picture Quote #1

Families are endlessly fascinating. We all have one, and they have a great impact on who we are and what we do - Freudian as that is Picture Quote #1

There is no good reason. Don’t waste your life waiting for good reasons...You’ll wait and wait Picture Quote #1

I went to graduate school with zero expectation. I kind of backed into it. I wanted to go back to school because I felt gaps in my literary background. I studied mostly twentieth-century English literature in college, so I thought, ‘Maybe I’ll go back for my writing.’ Picture Quote #1

Writing chases after the senses, and conveys them in an altered form. When it is done well, the senses come alive in a new and captured form Picture Quote #1

In general, my own experience of writing an adaptation of ‘Evening’ gave me a chance to get into different parts of the book Picture Quote #1

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Change and renewal are themes in life, aren’t they? We keep growing throughout life Picture Quote #1

So many bad things happen in this world because people don’t know how to express things Picture Quote #1

David Gulden captures animals in all their wonder and intrigue, without glorifying or romanticizing them. He knows Kenya’s wildlife intimately, and it shows in the depth of his images. He has an artist’s eye, which delivers beauty and transport in every picture Picture Quote #1

I first travelled to Africa at the end of 1996 and was immediately captivated. I had planned on a three-week trip, and I ended up staying two months Picture Quote #1

There are aspects of love that I once undervalued. Kindness. Having a sort of honor when love is on the table Picture Quote #1

A struggle, to the person experiencing it, is a struggle Picture Quote #1

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Illness can make us behave in the most surprising ways Picture Quote #1

Between children and parents, there is a difficulty of seeing each other simply as people Picture Quote #1

I would have fallen in love with you anywhere Picture Quote #1

Desire suppressed finds its way into other more surreal settings, into dreams Picture Quote #1

Change and renewal are themes in life, arent they? We keep growing throughout life Picture Quote #1

Painting keeps me occupied in those moments when travel can be aimless and even disorienting. Mainly it is a way to register at least some of the new impressions of a foreign place, when its thrilling barrage can sometimes overwhelm you Picture Quote #1

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Off the packed trail we experience the miracle of corn snow, skiing atop the crust, like skiing on an eggshell that has been sprinkled with sugar Picture Quote #1

I learned that if you love a boy you are no longer free. The boy may become more important than your own self and if it is so, you will find trouble there. The first time you are hurt in your heart, you do not forget the lesson. It stays forever Picture Quote #1

Recording a scene with paint rather than film sinks you more deeply into your surroundings. You have to look a little harder and a little longer. And you end up with a memento Picture Quote #1

When a person you love moves by you with flat eyes that will not see you, it is a shock to believe it Picture Quote #1

She thought of how much people changed you. It was the opposite of what you always heard, that no one could change a person. It wasn’t true. It was only through other people that one ever did change Picture Quote #1

Did people ever stop changing? They surprised you with fresh pain. Sometimes they surprised you with happiness, but the pain was the sharper surprise. There was no way to protect yourself from it. People could always change and always hurt you. Of course it went in the other direction too, you could hurt them when you didn’t intend it and that too was out of your control Picture Quote #1

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Hope is a terrible thing, she said. Is it? Yes, it keep you living in another place, a place which doesn’t exist. For some people it’s better than where they are. For many it’s a relief. From life, she said. A relief from life? Is that living? Some people don’t have a choice. No and that’s awful for them. Hope is better than misery, he said. Or despair. Hope belongs in the same box as despair. Hope is not so bad, he said. At least despair has truth to it Picture Quote #1

... it occurred to her how some people continued through no design of one’s own to be in one’s life while others might initially enter in a sort of blaze and seem to change everything but then might not stay around Picture Quote #1

After she was gone there would be no one who knew the whole of her life. She did not even know the whole of it! Perhaps she should have written some of it down... but really what would have been the point in that? Everything passed, she would too. This perspective offered her an unexpected clarity she nearly enjoyed, but even with this new clarity the world offered no more explanation for itself than it ever had Picture Quote #1

There is no good reason. Don’t waste your life waiting for good reasons... You’ll wait and wait Picture Quote #1

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Success did change me. You don’t want it to, but it does. (Susan Minot Quotes) Families are endlessly fascinating. We all have one, and they have a great impact on who we are and what we do - Freudian as that is. (Susan Minot Quotes) There is no good reason. Don’t waste your life waiting for good reasons...You’ll wait and wait. (Susan Minot Quotes) I went to graduate school with zero expectation. I kind of backed into it. I wanted to go back to school because I felt gaps in my literary background. I studied mostly twentieth-century English literature in college, so I thought, ‘Maybe I’ll go back for my writing.’ (Susan Minot Quotes) Writing chases after the senses, and conveys them in an altered form. When it is done well, the senses come alive in a new and captured form. (Susan Minot Quotes) In general, my own experience of writing an adaptation of ‘Evening’ gave me a chance to get into different parts of the book. (Susan Minot Quotes) Change and renewal are themes in life, aren’t they? We keep growing throughout life. (Susan Minot Quotes) So many bad things happen in this world because people don’t know how to express things (Susan Minot Quotes) David Gulden captures animals in all their wonder and intrigue, without glorifying or romanticizing them. He knows Kenya’s wildlife intimately, and it shows in the depth of his images. He has an artist’s eye, which delivers beauty and transport in every picture. (Susan Minot Quotes) I first travelled to Africa at the end of 1996 and was immediately captivated. I had planned on a three-week trip, and I ended up staying two months (Susan Minot Quotes) There are aspects of love that I once undervalued. Kindness. Having a sort of honor when love is on the table (Susan Minot Quotes) A struggle, to the person experiencing it, is a struggle (Susan Minot Quotes) Illness can make us behave in the most surprising ways (Susan Minot Quotes) Between children and parents, there is a difficulty of seeing each other simply as people (Susan Minot Quotes) I would have fallen in love with you anywhere (Susan Minot Quotes) Desire suppressed finds its way into other more surreal settings, into dreams (Susan Minot Quotes) Change and renewal are themes in life, arent they? We keep growing throughout life (Susan Minot Quotes) Painting keeps me occupied in those moments when travel can be aimless and even disorienting. Mainly it is a way to register at least some of the new impressions of a foreign place, when its thrilling barrage can sometimes overwhelm you (Susan Minot Quotes) Off the packed trail we experience the miracle of corn snow, skiing atop the crust, like skiing on an eggshell that has been sprinkled with sugar (Susan Minot Quotes) I learned that if you love a boy you are no longer free. The boy may become more important than your own self and if it is so, you will find trouble there. The first time you are hurt in your heart, you do not forget the lesson. It stays forever (Susan Minot Quotes) Recording a scene with paint rather than film sinks you more deeply into your surroundings. You have to look a little harder and a little longer. And you end up with a memento (Susan Minot Quotes) When a person you love moves by you with flat eyes that will not see you, it is a shock to believe it (Susan Minot Quotes) She thought of how much people changed you. It was the opposite of what you always heard, that no one could change a person. It wasn’t true. It was only through other people that one ever did change (Susan Minot Quotes) Did people ever stop changing? They surprised you with fresh pain. Sometimes they surprised you with happiness, but the pain was the sharper surprise. There was no way to protect yourself from it. People could always change and always hurt you. Of course it went in the other direction too, you could hurt them when you didn’t intend it and that too was out of your control (Susan Minot Quotes) Hope is a terrible thing, she said. Is it? Yes, it keep you living in another place, a place which doesn’t exist. For some people it’s better than where they are. For many it’s a relief. From life, she said. A relief from life? Is that living? Some people don’t have a choice. No and that’s awful for them. Hope is better than misery, he said. Or despair. Hope belongs in the same box as despair. Hope is not so bad, he said. At least despair has truth to it (Susan Minot Quotes) ... it occurred to her how some people continued through no design of one’s own to be in one’s life while others might initially enter in a sort of blaze and seem to change everything but then might not stay around (Susan Minot Quotes) After she was gone there would be no one who knew the whole of her life. She did not even know the whole of it! Perhaps she should have written some of it down... but really what would have been the point in that? Everything passed, she would too. This perspective offered her an unexpected clarity she nearly enjoyed, but even with this new clarity the world offered no more explanation for itself than it ever had (Susan Minot Quotes) There is no good reason. Don’t waste your life waiting for good reasons... You’ll wait and wait (Susan Minot Quotes)