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Ann-Marie MacDonald quotes: I started my career as an actor, then morphed into a playwright who accidentally became a novelist with my first book 'Fall On Your Knees.'

I started my career as an actor, then morphed into a playwright who accidentally became a novelist with my first book 'Fall On Your Knees.'

Ann-Marie MacDonald quotes: Freedom consists of being insulated from the envy and ignorance of the unimportant people who temporarily surround her.

Freedom consists of being insulated from the envy and ignorance of the unimportant people who temporarily surround her.

Ann-Marie MacDonald quotes: Well, what was wrong with it?""We don't know," says James."That's a stupid rotten answer.""Life is sometimes rotten and stupid.

Well, what was wrong with it?"
"We don't know," says James.
"That's a stupid rotten answer."
"Life is sometimes rotten and stupid.

Ann-Marie MacDonald quotes: They are so young, they forget that the world is not as in love with them as they are.

They are so young, they forget that the world is not as in love with them as they are.

Ann-Marie MacDonald quotes: Hope is a gift. You can't choose to have it. To believe and yet to have no hope is to thirst beside a fountain.

Hope is a gift. You can't choose to have it. To believe and yet to have no hope is to thirst beside a fountain.

Ann-Marie MacDonald quotes: He thought his heart would kill him, he'd had no clue what it was capable of.

He thought his heart would kill him, he'd had no clue what it was capable of.

Ann-Marie MacDonald quotes: When stories are not told, we risk losing our way.

When stories are not told, we risk losing our way.

Ann-Marie MacDonald quotes: Depression is anger slowed down; panic is grief speeded up.

Depression is anger slowed down; panic is grief speeded up.

Ann-Marie MacDonald quotes: Then she kissed me in that way that makes me hate time.

Then she kissed me in that way that makes me hate time.

Ann-Marie MacDonald quotes: It's more like... It keeps the world out so I can be in my own thoughts.

It's more like... It keeps the world out so I can be in my own thoughts.

Ann-Marie MacDonald quotes: 'Fall on Your Knees' is really a story about secrets and family, and the idea that there are some stories or truths that need to be expressed.

'Fall on Your Knees' is really a story about secrets and family, and the idea that there are some stories or truths that need to be expressed.

Ann-Marie MacDonald quotes: Perhaps God dropped them on their heads before they were born.

Perhaps God dropped them on their heads before they were born.

Ann-Marie MacDonald quotes: Frances is feeling a familiar yet unnameably old feeling. One she hadn't known was ever hers to forget. Happiness.

Frances is feeling a familiar yet unnameably old feeling. One she hadn't known was ever hers to forget. Happiness.

Ann-Marie MacDonald quotes: Books were not an expense; they were an investment.

Books were not an expense; they were an investment.

Ann-Marie MacDonald quotes: Teresa blames herself for believing that she was indispensable to Mahmoud. Pride goeth before a fall.

Teresa blames herself for believing that she was indispensable to Mahmoud. Pride goeth before a fall.

Ann-Marie MacDonald quotes: But I have discovered something about modest people. They're just waiting for the call. Then they are the first over the wall and into the temple.

But I have discovered something about modest people. They're just waiting for the call. Then they are the first over the wall and into the temple.

Ann-Marie MacDonald quotes: Ignore them. Don't give them the opportunity to snub you. Carry yourself like you own the place.

Ignore them. Don't give them the opportunity to snub you. Carry yourself like you own the place.

Ann-Marie MacDonald quotes: Memory plays tricks. Memory is another word for story, and nothing is more unreliable.

Memory plays tricks. Memory is another word for story, and nothing is more unreliable.

Ann-Marie MacDonald quotes: Writing is a hellish task, best snuck up on, whacked on the head, robbed and left for dead.

Writing is a hellish task, best snuck up on, whacked on the head, robbed and left for dead.

Ann-Marie MacDonald quotes: An unhappily married woman is necessarily a bad cook.

An unhappily married woman is necessarily a bad cook.

Ann-Marie MacDonald quotes: Be strong enough to carry the burden of sin that goes with doing the right thing.

Be strong enough to carry the burden of sin that goes with doing the right thing.

Ann-Marie MacDonald quotes: From the book:Fall On Your Knees pg. 124One day, I'll sit down with all my books around me, and just start reading.

From the book:
Fall On Your Knees pg. 124
One day, I'll sit down with all my books around me, and just start reading.

Ann-Marie MacDonald quotes: Kathleen is truly and utterly and completely Kathleen in New York. That's what the city does for you if it's meant for you.

Kathleen is truly and utterly and completely Kathleen in New York. That's what the city does for you if it's meant for you.

Ann-Marie MacDonald quotes: The world should not be organized to require heroines, and when one is required but fails to appear, we should not judge.

The world should not be organized to require heroines, and when one is required but fails to appear, we should not judge.

Ann-Marie MacDonald quotes: My first advantage: I have everything. My second advantage: this is just another island. My third advantage: I am bigger than it all.

My first advantage: I have everything. My second advantage: this is just another island. My third advantage: I am bigger than it all.

Ann-Marie MacDonald quotes: What is the good of believing fervently in God if you wind up hating Him?

What is the good of believing fervently in God if you wind up hating Him?

Ann-Marie MacDonald quotes: He would have enough money ... for a family that would fill his house with beautiful music and the silence of good books.

He would have enough money ... for a family that would fill his house with beautiful music and the silence of good books.

Ann-Marie MacDonald quotes: She learns a valuable lesson: if you think you are good, just try doing good. You'll soon find out how inadequate your little drop of goodness is.

She learns a valuable lesson: if you think you are good, just try doing good. You'll soon find out how inadequate your little drop of goodness is.

Ann-Marie MacDonald quotes: It's where she belongs, she craves the caress of the violent shore, to come alive like that once more in a clash of stone and then to die.

It's where she belongs, she craves the caress of the violent shore, to come alive like that once more in a clash of stone and then to die.

Ann-Marie MacDonald quotes: You're not bad ... you're just lost.""I know exactly where I am." "That doesn't mean you're not lost.

You're not bad ... you're just lost."
"I know exactly where I am."
"That doesn't mean you're not lost.

Ann-Marie MacDonald quotes: Writing. Opening a vein in your wrist with a spoon.

Writing. Opening a vein in your wrist with a spoon.

Ann-Marie MacDonald quotes: The thief you must fear the most is not the one who steals mere things.

The thief you must fear the most is not the one who steals mere things.

Ann-Marie MacDonald quotes: Lies like that are not a sin, they are a sacrifice.

Lies like that are not a sin, they are a sacrifice.

Ann-Marie MacDonald quotes: She is why purgatory was invented.

She is why purgatory was invented.