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> [You must always look with both of your eyes and listen with both of your ears. He says this is a very big world and there are many many things you could miss if you are not careful. There are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-mcgregor/you-must-always-look-with-both-of-your-eyes-and-listen-with-both-of/)

[Jon McGregor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-mcgregor/)

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> [“He says my daughter, and all the love he has is wrapped up in the tone of his voice when he says those two words, he says my daughter you must always look with both of your eyes and listen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-mcgregor/he-says-my-daughter-and-all-the-love-he-has-is-wrapped-up-in-the-tone/)

[Jon McGregor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-mcgregor/)

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## Other authors on Big world

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## More by Jon McGregor

> [Everybody's got their own situation and their own needs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-mcgregor/everybody-s-got-their-own-situation-and-their-own-needs/)

[Jon McGregor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-mcgregor/)

> [It is something I recognise in myself. I do eavesdrop. I do people-watch, a lot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-mcgregor/it-is-something-i-recognise-in-myself-i-do-eavesdrop-i-do-people/)

[Jon McGregor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-mcgregor/)

> [“the rain falls, catching the trailing edges of net curtains which flow out of open windows like fishing nets lowered over the backs of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-mcgregor/the-rain-falls-catching-the-trailing-edges-of-net-curtains-which-flow/)

[Jon McGregor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-mcgregor/)

> [I'm surprised, but I'm glad, I realise that this is what i wanted that night last week, to simply make a connection and keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-mcgregor/i-m-surprised-but-i-m-glad-i-realise-that-this-is-what-i-wanted-that/)

[Jon McGregor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-mcgregor/)

> [I once saw a picture in the paper of John Hegley with 'poet' written on his knuckles, and I thought that was pretty cool,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-mcgregor/i-once-saw-a-picture-in-the-paper-of-john-hegley-with-poet-written-on/)

[Jon McGregor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-mcgregor/)

> [“The world didn’t always sound right when it was first explained.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-mcgregor/the-world-didn-t-always-sound-right-when-it-was-first-explained/)

[Jon McGregor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-mcgregor/)

> [“And he'd looked straight back at her, holding her professional eye contact, and said yes, thankyou doctor, I do understand, yes. And he'd coughed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-mcgregor/and-he-d-looked-straight-back-at-her-holding-her-professional-eye/)

[Jon McGregor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-mcgregor/)

> [I wonder how many ways there are for a mother to produce that wreckage in her own daughter, and my muscles tense as I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-mcgregor/i-wonder-how-many-ways-there-are-for-a-mother-to-produce-that/)

[Jon McGregor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-mcgregor/)

> [There are so many people in the world, and I want to know them all but I don’t even know my next-door neighbor’s name.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-mcgregor/there-are-so-many-people-in-the-world-and-i-want-to-know-them-all-but/)

[Jon McGregor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-mcgregor/)

> [All the emails I get these days start with sorry but I've been so busy, and I don't understand how we can be so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-mcgregor/all-the-emails-i-get-these-days-start-with-sorry-but-i-ve-been-so/)

[Jon McGregor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-mcgregor/)

> [“He wonders how so much water can resist the pull of so much gravity for the time it takes such pregnant clouds to form,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-mcgregor/he-wonders-how-so-much-water-can-resist-the-pull-of-so-much-gravity/)

[Jon McGregor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-mcgregor/)

> [“By the middle of the afternoon it had rained so much that the drains were overflowing, clogged up with leaves and newspapers. The water…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-mcgregor/by-the-middle-of-the-afternoon-it-had-rained-so-much-that-the-drains/)

[Jon McGregor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-mcgregor/)

> [“Her name was Rebecca, or Becky, or Bex. She'd been wearing a white hooded top with a navy-blue body-warmer. She would be twenty-three years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-mcgregor/her-name-was-rebecca-or-becky-or-bex-she-d-been-wearing-a-white/)

[Jon McGregor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-mcgregor/)

> [It takes a lot of energy and creativity to make such screwed up lives carry on. And the kind of will people have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-mcgregor/it-takes-a-lot-of-energy-and-creativity-to-make-such-screwed-up-lives/)

[Jon McGregor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-mcgregor/)

> [Last week I was just someone who had had a first novel published.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-mcgregor/last-week-i-was-just-someone-who-had-had-a-first-novel-published/)

[Jon McGregor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-mcgregor/)

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