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Carol Shields quotes: A childhood is what anyone wants to remember of it. It leaves behind no fossils, except perhaps in fiction.

A childhood is what anyone wants to remember of it. It leaves behind no fossils, except perhaps in fiction.

Carol Shields quotes: His voice, you might say, became the place where he lived, the way other people live in their furniture or gestures

His voice, you might say, became the place where he lived, the way other people live in their furniture or gestures

Carol Shields quotes: A thought comes into her head: that lately she doesn't ask herself what is possible, but rather what possibilities remain.

A thought comes into her head: that lately she doesn't ask herself what is possible, but rather what possibilities remain.

Carol Shields quotes: Beauty takes courage. Courage itself takes courage.

Beauty takes courage. Courage itself takes courage.

Carol Shields quotes: The recounting of a life is a cheat, of course.

The recounting of a life is a cheat, of course.

Carol Shields quotes: There are chapters in every life which are seldom read, and certainly not aloud.

There are chapters in every life which are seldom read, and certainly not aloud.

Carol Shields quotes: I'm concerned about the unknowability of other people.

I'm concerned about the unknowability of other people.

Carol Shields quotes: Eventually, everything gets stuck between a pair of parentheses or buried in the bottom of a trunk.

Eventually, everything gets stuck between a pair of parentheses or buried in the bottom of a trunk.

Carol Shields quotes: Our friendship is made up of these brief frenzied exchanges, but the quality of our conversation, for all its feverish outpouring, is genuine.

Our friendship is made up of these brief frenzied exchanges, but the quality of our conversation, for all its feverish outpouring, is genuine.

Carol Shields quotes: Here's to another year and let's hope it's above ground.

Here's to another year and let's hope it's above ground.

Carol Shields quotes: He dares not concern himself with the future for fear of disturbing the present.

He dares not concern himself with the future for fear of disturbing the present.

Carol Shields quotes: It grieved him to think of that paltry, guarded, nut-like thing that was his artistic reputation.

It grieved him to think of that paltry, guarded, nut-like thing that was his artistic reputation.

Carol Shields quotes: Boiled down, isn't love just a form of vanity? You know, the wish to be adored. To be the absolute center for someone else.

Boiled down, isn't love just a form of vanity? You know, the wish to be adored. To be the absolute center for someone else.

Carol Shields quotes: Despair did not suit her looks. Goodness cannot cope with badness - it's too good, you see, too stupidly good.

Despair did not suit her looks. Goodness cannot cope with badness - it's too good, you see, too stupidly good.

Carol Shields quotes: What I'd like is a lobotomy, a clean job, the top of my head neatly sawn off and designated contents removed.

What I'd like is a lobotomy, a clean job, the top of my head neatly sawn off and designated contents removed.

Carol Shields quotes: Words are our life. We are human because we use language. So I think we are less human when we use less language.

Words are our life. We are human because we use language. So I think we are less human when we use less language.

Carol Shields quotes: So this is where the years of maturity deliver us - to this needy, selfish, unwieldy wish to be somebody else's first and primal other.

So this is where the years of maturity deliver us - to this needy, selfish, unwieldy wish to be somebody else's first and primal other.

Carol Shields quotes: Women were supposed to be strong, but they weren't really, they weren't allowed to be.

Women were supposed to be strong, but they weren't really, they weren't allowed to be.

Carol Shields quotes: From surfeit to loss is a short line.

From surfeit to loss is a short line.

Carol Shields quotes: I am not at peace.' Daisy Goodwill's final (unspoken) words.

I am not at peace.' Daisy Goodwill's final (unspoken) words.

Carol Shields quotes: These are frightening times ... when she feels herself annointed by loneliness.

These are frightening times ... when she feels herself annointed by loneliness.

Carol Shields quotes: Anyone's childhood can be an act of disablement if rehearsed and replayed and squinted at in a certain light ...

Anyone's childhood can be an act of disablement if rehearsed and replayed and squinted at in a certain light ...

Carol Shields quotes: Time and chance. The twin offspring of destiny. That wondrous branching of our fates.

Time and chance. The twin offspring of destiny. That wondrous branching of our fates.

Carol Shields quotes: I like to chant a couple of lines of poetry into the ozone layer every day or so, another caller says.

I like to chant a couple of lines of poetry into the ozone layer every day or so, another caller says.

Carol Shields quotes: In a long and healthy life, which is what most of us have, there is plenty of time.

In a long and healthy life, which is what most of us have, there is plenty of time.

Carol Shields quotes: These hips are mighty hips.These hips are magic hips.I have known themto put a spell on a manand spin him like a top

These hips are mighty hips.
These hips are magic hips.
I have known them
to put a spell on a man
and spin him like a top

Carol Shields quotes: It's hard work being a person, you have to do it every single day.

It's hard work being a person, you have to do it every single day.

Carol Shields quotes: This last year she has been in danger of becoming an eccentric or else one of those persons who does not bother to put a saucer under her cup.

This last year she has been in danger of becoming an eccentric or else one of those persons who does not bother to put a saucer under her cup.

Carol Shields quotes: For some, religion is the cement that seals shut their door on the world

For some, religion is the cement that seals shut their door on the world

Carol Shields quotes: To be a romantic is to believe anything can happen to us.

To be a romantic is to believe anything can happen to us.

Carol Shields quotes: He wondered exactly how lost a person could get. Lost at sea, lost in the woods. Fatally lost.

He wondered exactly how lost a person could get. Lost at sea, lost in the woods. Fatally lost.

Carol Shields quotes: Write the book you want to read, the one you cannot find.

Write the book you want to read, the one you cannot find.

Carol Shields quotes: The recounting of a life is a cheat ... even our own stories are obscenely distorted ...

The recounting of a life is a cheat ... even our own stories are obscenely distorted ...

Carol Shields quotes: This is why I read novels: so I can escape my own unrelenting monologue.

This is why I read novels: so I can escape my own unrelenting monologue.

Carol Shields quotes: Routine is liberating, it makes you feel in control.

Routine is liberating, it makes you feel in control.

Carol Shields quotes: Whenever I meet anyone new, I don't say, "Tell me about your belief system." I say, "Tell me about your average day".

Whenever I meet anyone new, I don't say, "Tell me about your belief system." I say, "Tell me about your average day".

Carol Shields quotes: Either we're all ordinary, or else none of us is ordinary.

Either we're all ordinary, or else none of us is ordinary.

Carol Shields quotes: The scolding voice is her own, so abrasive and quick, yet so powerless to move her.

The scolding voice is her own, so abrasive and quick, yet so powerless to move her.

Carol Shields quotes: The silence is perfect, and yet a torment ...

The silence is perfect, and yet a torment ...