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Well then, you'll know he's so arrogant that criticism simply bounces off him, Snape said sleekly.
— J.K. Rowling
She and Marie were Montreal girls, not trained to accompany heroes, or to hold out for dreams, but just to be patient.
— Mavis Gallant
Like his father, like Jules Renard, he had been carried along the slow, steady swindle of history and experience.
— Mavis Gallant
Writing is like a love affair: the beginning is the best part.
— Mavis Gallant
One dedicated worker is worth a thousand slaves.
— Confucius
Success can only be measured in terms of distance traveled ...
— Mavis Gallant
Remember, never to fear the power of evil more than your trust in the power and love of God.
— Hermas One Of The Seventy
A writer's life stands in relation to his work as a house does to a garden, related but distinct.
— Mavis Gallant
[My father] had spent his own short time like a priest in charge of a relic, forever expecting the blessed blood to liquefy.
— Mavis Gallant
Decide what the rest of your life is to be. Whatever you are now, you might be forever.
— Mavis Gallant
A short story is what you see when you look out of the window.
— Mavis Gallant
Love may be the answer, but even though you're watching for the solution, intercourse raises some rather interesting thoughts.
— Woody Allen
All lives are interesting; no one life is more interesting than another. Its fascination depends on how much is revealed, and in what manner.
— Mavis Gallant
All immigration is based on misapprehension.
— Mavis Gallant
What people mistook for safety was in fact captivity.
— Louise Penny
There is a term for people caught on a street crossing after the light has changed: "pedestrian-traffic residue".
— Mavis Gallant
Appeals to memory were never perfectly answered.
— Mavis Gallant