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Alice Munro quotes: Sometimes that's just the way it is. You never really know until you try something on. The thing is," she said, with a new, more moderate conviction Sometimes that's just the way it is. You never really know until you try something on. The thing is," she said, with a new, more moderate conviction
Alice Munro quotes: Do you ever think that there used to be more sensible explanations about things than there are now? Do you ever think that there used to be more sensible explanations about things than there are now?
Alice Munro quotes: My mother had a habit of hanging onto - even treasuring - the foibles of my distant infantile state. My mother had a habit of hanging onto - even treasuring - the foibles of my distant infantile state.
Alice Munro quotes: Never underestimate the meanness in people's souls ... Even when they're being kind ... especially when they're being kind. Never underestimate the meanness in people's souls ... Even when they're being kind ... especially when they're being kind.
Alice Munro quotes: If this were fiction, as I said, it would be too much, but it is true. If this were fiction, as I said, it would be too much, but it is true.
Alice Munro quotes: Half my concern in love became how to disguise love, to make it harmless and merry. Half my concern in love became how to disguise love, to make it harmless and merry.
Alice Munro quotes: I have never kept diaries. I just remember a lot and am more self-centered than most people. I have never kept diaries. I just remember a lot and am more self-centered than most people.
Alice Munro quotes: He said that we had just had an argument, what more did I want?It was too polite, I said. He said that we had just had an argument, what more did I want?
It was too polite, I said.
Alice Munro quotes: I knew I would be famous one day. That's because I lived in a very small town and nobody liked doing the same things I did, like writing. I knew I would be famous one day. That's because I lived in a very small town and nobody liked doing the same things I did, like writing.
Alice Munro quotes: He liked her not knowing. I could tell. He liked her not knowing. Her ignorance woke a pleasure that melted on his tongue, like a lick of toffee. He liked her not knowing. I could tell. He liked her not knowing. Her ignorance woke a pleasure that melted on his tongue, like a lick of toffee.
Alice Munro quotes: My head was a magpie's nest lined with such bright scraps of information. My head was a magpie's nest lined with such bright scraps of information.
Alice Munro quotes: ...the world is tumbling with innocent-seeming objects ready to declare themselves, slippery and obliging. ...the world is tumbling with innocent-seeming objects ready to declare themselves, slippery and obliging.
Alice Munro quotes: One's appreciation of meager comforts, it seems, depends on what misery one has gone through before getting them. One's appreciation of meager comforts, it seems, depends on what misery one has gone through before getting them.
Alice Munro quotes: One stroke of lightning does not have to lead anywhere, but to the next stroke of lightning. One stroke of lightning does not have to lead anywhere, but to the next stroke of lightning.
Alice Munro quotes: The outside air had altered her mood, from an unsettled elation to something within reach of embarrassment, even shame. The outside air had altered her mood, from an unsettled elation to something within reach of embarrassment, even shame.
Alice Munro quotes: They were all in their early thirties. An age at which it is sometimes hard to admit that what you are living is your life. They were all in their early thirties. An age at which it is sometimes hard to admit that what you are living is your life.
Alice Munro quotes: Love dies all the time, or at any rate it becomes distracted, overlaidit might as well be dead. Love dies all the time, or at any rate it becomes distracted, overlaid
it might as well be dead.
Alice Munro quotes: When you died, of course, these wrong opinions were all there was left When you died, of course, these wrong opinions were all there was left
Alice Munro quotes: A million dollars in those days was a million dollars. A million dollars in those days was a million dollars.
Alice Munro quotes: But when she was finished running away, when she just went on, what would she put in his place? But when she was finished running away, when she just went on, what would she put in his place?
Alice Munro quotes: Writing is hard, but the more you write, and enjoy what you write, the better it gets. Writing is hard, but the more you write, and enjoy what you write, the better it gets.
Alice Munro quotes: It seemed to me that everybody ended up in Toronto at least for a little while. It seemed to me that everybody ended up in Toronto at least for a little while.
Alice Munro quotes: For what was living with a man if it wasn't living inside his insanity? For what was living with a man if it wasn't living inside his insanity?
Alice Munro quotes: There were differences never to be mended, a word or an act never to be forgiven, a barrier never to be washed away. There were differences never to be mended, a word or an act never to be forgiven, a barrier never to be washed away.
Alice Munro quotes: He says the pills he's got her on will keep her from sinking too low. How low is too low, Roy thinks, and when can you tell? He says the pills he's got her on will keep her from sinking too low. How low is too low, Roy thinks, and when can you tell?
Alice Munro quotes: It's just life. You can't beat life. It's just life. You can't beat life.
Alice Munro quotes: What she wants to do if she can get the time to do it, is not so much to live in the past as to open it up and get What she wants to do if she can get the time to do it, is not so much to live in the past as to open it up and get one good look at it.
Alice Munro quotes: The preference most of them had for seeing through their camera, rather than looking at the real thing, and so on. The preference most of them had for seeing through their camera, rather than looking at the real thing, and so on.
Alice Munro quotes: None of us mattered to her, not me, or her critics or defenders. No more than bugs on a lampshade. None of us mattered to her, not me, or her critics or defenders. No more than bugs on a lampshade.
Alice Munro quotes: Something that could not easily bu put into words and indeed might never be. Something that could not easily bu put into words and indeed might never be.
Alice Munro quotes: A certain kind of seriousness in a girl could cancel out looks A certain kind of seriousness in a girl could cancel out looks
Alice Munro quotes: Love is not for the undepilated. Love is not for the undepilated.
Alice Munro quotes: I read a book called The Art of Loving. A lot of things seemed clear while I was reading it but afterwards I went back to being more or less I read a book called The Art of Loving. A lot of things seemed clear while I was reading it but afterwards I went back to being more or less the same.
Alice Munro quotes: To dare it; to get away with it, to enter on preposterous adventures in your own, but newly named, skin. To dare it; to get away with it, to enter on preposterous adventures in your own, but newly named, skin.
Alice Munro quotes: Anecdotes don't make good stories. Dig down so far that what finally comes out is not even what you thought it was about. Anecdotes don't make good stories. Dig down so far that what finally comes out is not even what you thought it was about.
Alice Munro quotes: Life would be grand if it weren't for the people. Life would be grand if it weren't for the people.
Alice Munro quotes: And there was still a lot of soft snow in the bush. We And there was still a lot of soft snow in the bush. We
Alice Munro quotes: They spoke like caricatures, it was unbearable. They spoke like caricatures, it was unbearable.
Alice Munro quotes: In twenty years I've never had a day when I didn't have to think about someone else's needs. And this means the writing has to be fitted around it. In twenty years I've never had a day when I didn't have to think about someone else's needs. And this means the writing has to be fitted around it.
Alice Munro quotes: One drop of hatred in your soul will spread and discolor everything like a drop of black ink in white milk. One drop of hatred in your soul will spread and discolor everything like a drop of black ink in white milk.
Alice Munro quotes: You cannot let your parents anywhere near your real humiliations. You cannot let your parents anywhere near your real humiliations.
Alice Munro quotes: I gave him a gentle uncomprehending look in return. I am a grown-up woman now; let him unbury his own catastrophes. I gave him a gentle uncomprehending look in return. I am a grown-up woman now; let him unbury his own catastrophes.
Alice Munro quotes: My need for love had gone underground, like a canny toothache. My need for love had gone underground, like a canny toothache.
Alice Munro quotes: I felt in him what women feel in men, something so tender, swollen, tyrannical, absurd; I would never take the consequences of interfering with it. I felt in him what women feel in men, something so tender, swollen, tyrannical, absurd; I would never take the consequences of interfering with it.
Alice Munro quotes: Shakespeare should have prepared her. Shakespeare should have prepared her.
Alice Munro quotes: And now such a warm commotion, such busy love. And now such a warm commotion, such busy love.
Alice Munro quotes: Every year, when you're a child, you become a different person. Every year, when you're a child, you become a different person.
Alice Munro quotes: He said Catholics probably had an advantage, you could hedge your bets right until you were dying. He said Catholics probably had an advantage, you could hedge your bets right until you were dying.
Alice Munro quotes: Men. What they do. It's so sick and stupid. You can't believe it. Men. What they do. It's so sick and stupid. You can't believe it.
Alice Munro quotes: Moments of kindness and reconciliation are worth having, even if the parting has to come sooner or later. Moments of kindness and reconciliation are worth having, even if the parting has to come sooner or later.
Alice Munro quotes: Odd choices were simply easier for men, most of whom would find women glad to marry them. Not so the other way around. Odd choices were simply easier for men, most of whom would find women glad to marry them. Not so the other way around.
Alice Munro quotes: That's something I think is growing on me as I get older: happy endings. That's something I think is growing on me as I get older: happy endings.
Alice Munro quotes: What good is it if you read Plato and never clean your toilet? asked my mother, reverting to the values of Jubilee. What good is it if you read Plato and never clean your toilet? asked my mother, reverting to the values of Jubilee.
Alice Munro quotes: For years and years I thought that stories were just practice, till I got time to write a novel, For years and years I thought that stories were just practice, till I got time to write a novel,
Alice Munro quotes: The constant happiness is curiosity. The constant happiness is curiosity.
Alice Munro quotes: There would never be any room in her for anything else. No room for anything but the realization of what she had done. There would never be any room in her for anything else. No room for anything but the realization of what she had done.
Alice Munro quotes: You want in all cases for the story to get through the writing. You want in all cases for the story to get through the writing.
Alice Munro quotes: The images, the language, of pornography, and romance are alike; monotonous and mechanically seductive, quickly leading to despair. The images, the language, of pornography, and romance are alike; monotonous and mechanically seductive, quickly leading to despair.
Alice Munro quotes: In my own work, I tend to cover a lot of time and to jump back and forward in time, and sometimes the way I do this is not very In my own work, I tend to cover a lot of time and to jump back and forward in time, and sometimes the way I do this is not very straightforward.
Alice Munro quotes: Why is it a surprise to find that people other than ourselves are able to tell lies? Why is it a surprise to find that people other than ourselves are able to tell lies?
Alice Munro quotes: She would live now, not read. She would live now, not read.
Alice Munro quotes: Maybe the man in the moon will walk in here and fall in love with me and then I'll be all set! Maybe the man in the moon will walk in here and fall in love with me and then I'll be all set!
Alice Munro quotes: That was her way. She carried not noticing to an extreme. Not noticing, not intruding, not suggesting. That was her way. She carried not noticing to an extreme. Not noticing, not intruding, not suggesting.
Alice Munro quotes: If you were writing poetry it was somewhat safer to be a woman than a man. If you were writing poetry it was somewhat safer to be a woman than a man.
Alice Munro quotes: You think that would have changed things? The answer is of course, and for a while, and never. You think that would have changed things? The answer is of course, and for a while, and never.
Alice Munro quotes: The complexity of things - the things within things - just seems to be endless. I mean nothing is easy, nothing is simple. The complexity of things - the things within things - just seems to be endless. I mean nothing is easy, nothing is simple.
Alice Munro quotes: Braininess is not attractive unless combined with some signs of elegance; class. Braininess is not attractive unless combined with some signs of elegance; class.
Alice Munro quotes: Never in her life had this silly feeling of being enhanced by what she had put on herself. Never in her life had this silly feeling of being enhanced by what she had put on herself.
Alice Munro quotes: Who can ever say the perfect thing to the poet about his poetry? Who can ever say the perfect thing to the poet about his poetry?
Alice Munro quotes: Memory is the way we keep telling ourselves our stories - and telling other people a somewhat different version of our stories. Memory is the way we keep telling ourselves our stories - and telling other people a somewhat different version of our stories.
Alice Munro quotes: He takes up too much room, on the divan and in one's mind. It is simply impossible for me, in his presence, think of anything but him. He takes up too much room, on the divan and in one's mind. It is simply impossible for me, in his presence, think of anything but him.
Alice Munro quotes: Everybody said to me back home, what do you want to go to Alaska for, and I said, because I've never been there, isn't that a good enough reason? Everybody said to me back home, what do you want to go to Alaska for, and I said, because I've never been there, isn't that a good enough reason?
Alice Munro quotes: Her father was outraged. Now you sell your stories, how soon before you will sell yourself? Her father was outraged. Now you sell your stories, how soon before you will sell yourself?
Alice Munro quotes: People who believe in miracles do not make much fuss when they actually encounter one People who believe in miracles do not make much fuss when they actually encounter one
Alice Munro quotes: The dream was in fact a lot like the Vancouver weather - a dismal sort of longing, a rainy dreamy sadness, a weight that shifted round the heart. The dream was in fact a lot like the Vancouver weather - a dismal sort of longing, a rainy dreamy sadness, a weight that shifted round the heart.
Alice Munro quotes: Why is there always this twitchiness, when you introduce a man to a woman friend, about whether the man will be bored or put off? Why is there always this twitchiness, when you introduce a man to a woman friend, about whether the man will be bored or put off?
Alice Munro quotes: They went bowling and curling and regularly joined other couples for coffee and doughnuts at Tim Horton's. They went bowling and curling and regularly joined other couples for coffee and doughnuts at Tim Horton's.
Alice Munro quotes: Now I no longer believe that people's secrets are defined and communicable, or their feelings full-blown and easy to recognize. Now I no longer believe that people's secrets are defined and communicable, or their feelings full-blown and easy to recognize.
Alice Munro quotes: this is not a story, only life. this is not a story, only life.
Alice Munro quotes: Pots can show malice, the patterns of linoleum can leer up at you, treachery is the other side of dailiness. Pots can show malice, the patterns of linoleum can leer up at you, treachery is the other side of dailiness.
Alice Munro quotes: Poverty in girls is not attractive unless combined with sweet sluttishness, stupidity. Poverty in girls is not attractive unless combined with sweet sluttishness, stupidity.
Alice Munro quotes: In your life there are a few places, or maybe only the one place, where something happened, and then there are all the other places. In your life there are a few places, or maybe only the one place, where something happened, and then there are all the other places.
Alice Munro quotes: He was evidently the sort of person who posed questions that were traps for you to fall into. He was evidently the sort of person who posed questions that were traps for you to fall into.
Alice Munro quotes: I was happy in the library. Walls of printed pages, evidence of so many created worldsthis was a comfort to me. I was happy in the library. Walls of printed pages, evidence of so many created worlds
this was a comfort to me.
Alice Munro quotes: Lovers. Not a soft word, as people thought, but cruel and tearing. Lovers. Not a soft word, as people thought, but cruel and tearing.
Alice Munro quotes: It was comparable to getting sick from bad ventilation It was comparable to getting sick from bad ventilation
Alice Munro quotes: He never wanted to be away from her. She had the spark of life. He never wanted to be away from her. She had the spark of life.
Alice Munro quotes: We say of some things that they can't be forgiven, or that we will never forgive ourselves. But we dowe do it all the time. We say of some things that they can't be forgiven, or that we will never forgive ourselves. But we do
we do it all the time.
Alice Munro quotes: Hector him like this from now on, when I could get him alone. Hector him like this from now on, when I could get him alone.
Alice Munro quotes: Because if she let go of her grief even for a minute it would only hit her harder when she bumped into it again. Because if she let go of her grief even for a minute it would only hit her harder when she bumped into it again.
Alice Munro quotes: I would really hope this would make people see the short story as an important art, not just something you played around with until you got a novel. I would really hope this would make people see the short story as an important art, not just something you played around with until you got a novel.
Alice Munro quotes: Speculation can be more gentle, can take its time, when it is not driven by desire. Speculation can be more gentle, can take its time, when it is not driven by desire.
Alice Munro quotes: The conversation of kisses. Subtle, engrossing, fearless, transforming. The conversation of kisses. Subtle, engrossing, fearless, transforming.
Alice Munro quotes: The tiny share we have of time appalls me, though my father seems to regard it with tranquillity. The tiny share we have of time appalls me, though my father seems to regard it with tranquillity.
Alice Munro quotes: Chronic means that it will be permanent but perhaps not constant. Chronic means that it will be permanent but perhaps not constant.
Alice Munro quotes: Country manners. Even if somebody phones up to tell you your house is burning down, they ask first how you are. Country manners. Even if somebody phones up to tell you your house is burning down, they ask first how you are.
Alice Munro quotes: People have thoughts they'd sooner not have. It happens in life. People have thoughts they'd sooner not have. It happens in life.
Alice Munro quotes: Time had been filled, reliably, agreeably, they had not been left adrift, and for this they were truly embarrassingly grateful. Time had been filled, reliably, agreeably, they had not been left adrift, and for this they were truly embarrassingly grateful.
Alice Munro quotes: The work of poetry that it seemed she had been doing in her head for most of her life. The work of poetry that it seemed she had been doing in her head for most of her life.
Alice Munro quotes: A fluid choice, the choice of fantasy, is poured out on the ground and instantly hardens; it has taken its undeniable shape. A fluid choice, the choice of fantasy, is poured out on the ground and instantly hardens; it has taken its undeniable shape.

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