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Miriam Toews quotes: This is a cliche, but in fiction, I feel it is easier for me to get to some sort of truth, some kind of more honest writing. This is a cliche, but in fiction, I feel it is easier for me to get to some sort of truth, some kind of more honest writing.
Miriam Toews quotes: I couldn't see him but I could hear him snoring softly, humming, like a little airplane lost in the clouds. I couldn't see him but I could hear him snoring softly, humming, like a little airplane lost in the clouds.
Miriam Toews quotes: I spent 18 years in a small Mennonite town in the middle of the Canadian prairies. I spent 18 years in a small Mennonite town in the middle of the Canadian prairies.
Miriam Toews quotes: We don't choose the books we write; they choose us. We don't choose the books we write; they choose us.
Miriam Toews quotes: Books are what save us. Books are what don't save us. Books are what save us. Books are what don't save us.
Miriam Toews quotes: I understand that if you say a certain word over and over and it begins to make you feel bad then you should goddamn stop saying that word. I understand that if you say a certain word over and over and it begins to make you feel bad then you should goddamn stop saying that word.
Miriam Toews quotes: Where does violence go, if not directly back into our blood and bones? Where does violence go, if not directly back into our blood and bones?
Miriam Toews quotes: Being seasick at sea is not the same as being homesick at home. Being seasick at sea is not the same as being homesick at home.
Miriam Toews quotes: Ignore all advice about writing. Leave your blood on every page. Every page! Ignore all advice about writing. Leave your blood on every page. Every page!
Miriam Toews quotes: Let's not have forced gaiety this Christmas, said Nora, like it was a dish. We'll have a tiny bit of it, I said. Let's not have forced gaiety this Christmas, said Nora, like it was a dish. We'll have a tiny bit of it, I said.
Miriam Toews quotes: Her faith in a loving and forgiving God is strong, but she worships laughter. Her faith in a loving and forgiving God is strong, but she worships laughter.
Miriam Toews quotes: But love, like a mushroom high compared with the buzz from cheap weed, outlasts grief. But love, like a mushroom high compared with the buzz from cheap weed, outlasts grief.
Miriam Toews quotes: Go into hard things quickly, eagerly, then retreat. Go into hard things quickly, eagerly, then retreat.
Miriam Toews quotes: And what have you been up to? she asked.Oh, I don't know really, I said. Not much. Learning how to be a good loser. And what have you been up to? she asked.
Oh, I don't know really, I said. Not much. Learning how to be a good loser.
Miriam Toews quotes: Maybe she was enjoying a moment in her life, a sliver of light, a flash memory of one of her kids, something sweet and approaching reality. Maybe she was enjoying a moment in her life, a sliver of light, a flash memory of one of her kids, something sweet and approaching reality.
Miriam Toews quotes: You always say oh, that's so unprofessional as though there's some definition of professional that's also a moral imperative for how to behave. You always say oh, that's so unprofessional as though there's some definition of professional that's also a moral imperative for how to behave.
Miriam Toews quotes: I don't even know what 'successful' means. We're all failures. Look at the world. We're all complicit. I don't even know what 'successful' means. We're all failures. Look at the world. We're all complicit.
Miriam Toews quotes: ... just because someone is eating the ashes of your protagonist doesn't mean you stop telling the story. ... just because someone is eating the ashes of your protagonist doesn't mean you stop telling the story.
Miriam Toews quotes: There are no windows within the dark house of depression through which to see others, only mirrors. There are no windows within the dark house of depression through which to see others, only mirrors.
Miriam Toews quotes: Life being what it is, one dreams not of revenge. One just dreams. Life being what it is, one dreams not of revenge. One just dreams.
Miriam Toews quotes: You put the fist in pacifist? You put the fist in pacifist?
Miriam Toews quotes: There was no freer soul in the world than me at age nine. There was no freer soul in the world than me at age nine.
Miriam Toews quotes: Remember what mom used to say? "Shred the guilt. Remember what mom used to say? "Shred the guilt.
Miriam Toews quotes: And all our righteousnesses are filthy rags and we all do fade as a leaf and our inequities like the wind have taken us away And all our righteousnesses are filthy rags and we all do fade as a leaf and our inequities like the wind have taken us away
Miriam Toews quotes: Can't you just be like the rest of us, normal and sad and fucked up and alive and remorseful? Can't you just be like the rest of us, normal and sad and fucked up and alive and remorseful?
Miriam Toews quotes: I love road trips. You get into this Zen rhythm; throw sense of time out the window. I love road trips. You get into this Zen rhythm; throw sense of time out the window.
Miriam Toews quotes: He says it's a condition of our relationship that I don't smoke, she says. We laugh. We are tired. Too tired to confront conditions. He says it's a condition of our relationship that I don't smoke, she says. We laugh. We are tired. Too tired to confront conditions.
Miriam Toews quotes: You don't need a religious background to strive for something good, for genuine compassion and love for others. You don't need a religious background to strive for something good, for genuine compassion and love for others.
Miriam Toews quotes: If, along the way, something is gained, then something will also be lost. If, along the way, something is gained, then something will also be lost.
Miriam Toews quotes: 'Irma Voth' is my sixth book, but it's only the third time I've featured Mennonite settings and characters. 'Irma Voth' is my sixth book, but it's only the third time I've featured Mennonite settings and characters.
Miriam Toews quotes: He's in love with the notion of shame and he traffics the shit like a schoolground pusher, spreading it around but never personally using. He's in love with the notion of shame and he traffics the shit like a schoolground pusher, spreading it around but never personally using.
Miriam Toews quotes: Wild was the worst thing you could become in a community rigged for compliance. Wild was the worst thing you could become in a community rigged for compliance.
Miriam Toews quotes: But there is a kindness here, a complicated kindness. You can see it sometimes in the eyes of people when they look at you and don't know what to say. But there is a kindness here, a complicated kindness. You can see it sometimes in the eyes of people when they look at you and don't know what to say.
Miriam Toews quotes: And I was scrambling around trying to make money and to study and master (and fail at mastering) the art of being an adult. And I was scrambling around trying to make money and to study and master (and fail at mastering) the art of being an adult.
Miriam Toews quotes: Is it wrong to trust in a beautiful lie if it helps you get through life? Is it wrong to trust in a beautiful lie if it helps you get through life?
Miriam Toews quotes: All the books I've read, I've read at the right moment. All the books I've read, I've read at the right moment.
Miriam Toews quotes: At one point in my life, I wanted to do a master's degree in Irish literature, but I ended up getting pregnant instead. At one point in my life, I wanted to do a master's degree in Irish literature, but I ended up getting pregnant instead.
Miriam Toews quotes: David Bergen is a master of taut, spare prose that's both erotic and hypnotic ... David Bergen is a master of taut, spare prose that's both erotic and hypnotic ...
Miriam Toews quotes: In writing fiction, I can be free. I can use my life. The raw material is my experiences. In writing fiction, I can be free. I can use my life. The raw material is my experiences.
Miriam Toews quotes: Do you know that hobo is an acronym for Homeward Bound? Do you know that hobo is an acronym for Homeward Bound?
Miriam Toews quotes: She lived in her head and that's why it glowed. She lived in her head and that's why it glowed.
Miriam Toews quotes: When I put the poncho on to show Elf she said farewell to arms. When I put the poncho on to show Elf she said farewell to arms.
Miriam Toews quotes: If you have to end up in the hospital, try to focus all your pain in your heart rather than your head. If you have to end up in the hospital, try to focus all your pain in your heart rather than your head.
Miriam Toews quotes: I want her face to feel at home on an ancient coin, he said. I want her eyes to harm me. I want her face to feel at home on an ancient coin, he said. I want her eyes to harm me.
Miriam Toews quotes: They say nothing is my fault, and I wish they wouldn't say that. How can a man be forgiven if nothing is his fault? They say nothing is my fault, and I wish they wouldn't say that. How can a man be forgiven if nothing is his fault?
Miriam Toews quotes: You still have to eat. You still have to eat.
Miriam Toews quotes: Perhaps depression is caused by asking oneself too many unanswerable questions. Perhaps depression is caused by asking oneself too many unanswerable questions.
Miriam Toews quotes: My words aren't only words. They're pictures and tears and imperfect offerings of love and self-inflicted shots to my brain. My words aren't only words. They're pictures and tears and imperfect offerings of love and self-inflicted shots to my brain.
Miriam Toews quotes: Why is it so painful to write about people who aren't assholes? I asked Wilson.Because I would start to love them, he said. Why is it so painful to write about people who aren't assholes? I asked Wilson.
Because I would start to love them, he said.
Miriam Toews quotes: Public enemy number one for these men was a girl with a book Public enemy number one for these men was a girl with a book
Miriam Toews quotes: Shoo the sparrow away and get on with supper. This is the first part of my new life strategy. Shoo the sparrow away and get on with supper. This is the first part of my new life strategy.
Miriam Toews quotes: And I put on "All My Love" and watched the sun rise yet again and thought thank you Robert Plant for all your love but do you have anymore? And I put on "All My Love" and watched the sun rise yet again and thought thank you Robert Plant for all your love but do you have anymore?
Miriam Toews quotes: My mother was so confident of being rescued in life, one way or another or another. My mother was so confident of being rescued in life, one way or another or another.
Miriam Toews quotes: Nothing happens in my life. Nothing has to happen, she said, for it to be life. Nothing happens in my life. Nothing has to happen, she said, for it to be life.
Miriam Toews quotes: Do you feel that we can rebel against our oppressors without losing our love, our tolerance, and our ability to forgive? Do you feel that we can rebel against our oppressors without losing our love, our tolerance, and our ability to forgive?
Miriam Toews quotes: The director said he's got a haunted soul and a natural sweetness. The director said he's got a haunted soul and a natural sweetness.
Miriam Toews quotes: That to truly know happiness is to know the fleeting nature of everything, joy, pain, safety and happiness itself. That to truly know happiness is to know the fleeting nature of everything, joy, pain, safety and happiness itself.
Miriam Toews quotes: She was becoming sad. There is no joy involved in following others' expectations of yourself She was becoming sad. There is no joy involved in following others' expectations of yourself
Miriam Toews quotes: It's raining questions around here. A person could drown in them. It's raining questions around here. A person could drown in them.

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