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title: "1 Choose Story Quotes By Alexandra Fuller"
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> [There is a myth that writers get to choose their stories. You don't get to choose your story any more than you get to choose your children. You can make the decision to write, but beyond that, at the end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-fuller/there-is-a-myth-that-writers-get-to-choose-their-stories-you-don-t/)

[Alexandra Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-fuller/)

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## More by Alexandra Fuller

> [“Toasted tobacco, no additives,' I said. 'Yum. Tastes like childhood.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-fuller/toasted-tobacco-no-additives-i-said-yum-tastes-like-childhood/)

[Alexandra Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-fuller/)

> [I don't think we have all the words in a single vocabulary to explain what we are or why we are. I don't think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-fuller/i-don-t-think-we-have-all-the-words-in-a-single-vocabulary-to-explain/)

[Alexandra Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-fuller/)

> [In the West, it was believed that attitude and ambition saved you. In Africa, we had learned that no one was immune to capricious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-fuller/in-the-west-it-was-believed-that-attitude-and-ambition-saved-you-in/)

[Alexandra Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-fuller/)

> [I listen mostly to classical music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-fuller/i-listen-mostly-to-classical-music/)

[Alexandra Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-fuller/)

> [What is important is the story. Because when we are all dust and teeth and kicked-up bits of skin - when we're dancing with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-fuller/what-is-important-is-the-story-because-when-we-are-all-dust-and-teeth/)

[Alexandra Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-fuller/)

> [One of the things about being raised British in Africa is that you get this double whammy of toughness. The continent in place itself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-fuller/one-of-the-things-about-being-raised-british-in-africa-is-that-you/)

[Alexandra Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-fuller/)

> [“How much strength must one people have? And for how long must they have it?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-fuller/how-much-strength-must-one-people-have-and-for-how-long-must-they/)

[Alexandra Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-fuller/)

> [In general, I almost always watch foreign films.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-fuller/in-general-i-almost-always-watch-foreign-films/)

[Alexandra Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-fuller/)

> [I think that being raised the way I was, where everything was so uncompromising, where, you know, we're prepared to fight to the death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-fuller/i-think-that-being-raised-the-way-i-was-where-everything-was-so/)

[Alexandra Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-fuller/)

> [This is not a full circle. It's life carrying on. It's the next breath we all take. It's the choice we make to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-fuller/this-is-not-a-full-circle-it-s-life-carrying-on-it-s-the-next-breath/)

[Alexandra Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-fuller/)

> [“The schools wear the blank faces of war buildings, their windows blown blind by rocks or guns or mortars. Their plaster is an acne…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-fuller/the-schools-wear-the-blank-faces-of-war-buildings-their-windows-blown/)

[Alexandra Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-fuller/)

> [Until I read Anne Frank's diary, I had found books a literal escape from what could be the harsh reality around me. After I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-fuller/until-i-read-anne-frank-s-diary-i-had-found-books-a-literal-escape/)

[Alexandra Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-fuller/)

> [I adore my family. I don't love their politics. I think they're wonderful parents. They were dreadful at parenting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-fuller/i-adore-my-family-i-don-t-love-their-politics-i-think-they-re/)

[Alexandra Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-fuller/)

> [It seems very clear to me that we, in the West, cannot afford to continue assuming propriety over the world's resources in a careless,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-fuller/it-seems-very-clear-to-me-that-we-in-the-west-cannot-afford-to/)

[Alexandra Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-fuller/)

> [Oh, I don't keep a journal. How you remember an incident is dictated by your emotional state at the time. How you receive the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-fuller/oh-i-don-t-keep-a-journal-how-you-remember-an-incident-is-dictated-by/)

[Alexandra Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-fuller/)

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