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> [“...it was ludicrous to think that we could just talk our way out of shame, that shame was necessary, that it prevented us from repeating shameful actions and that it motivated us to say we were sorry and to seek…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-toews/it-was-ludicrous-to-think-that-we-could-just-talk-our-way-out-of/)

[Miriam Toews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-toews/)

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## More by Miriam Toews

> [Her faith in a loving and forgiving God is strong, but she worships laughter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-toews/her-faith-in-a-loving-and-forgiving-god-is-strong-but-she-worships/)

[Miriam Toews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-toews/)

> [“I heard Tash say: Nomi, you’re sad man. Get a grip. Walk away. What have I taught you? And I thought: You taught me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-toews/i-heard-tash-say-nomi-you-re-sad-man-get-a-grip-walk-away-what-have-i/)

[Miriam Toews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-toews/)

> [“Where are they going to get a camera? I asked. I don't know, said Noehmi. They'll probably get sidetracked along the way. Or they'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-toews/where-are-they-going-to-get-a-camera-i-asked-i-don-t-know-said-noehmi/)

[Miriam Toews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-toews/)

> [“The director said he's got a haunted soul and a natural sweetness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-toews/the-director-said-he-s-got-a-haunted-soul-and-a-natural-sweetness/)

[Miriam Toews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-toews/)

> [“Nomi, he said, you just need to wake up to the fact that other people need to know where you're going. But there's nobody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-toews/nomi-he-said-you-just-need-to-wake-up-to-the-fact-that-other-people/)

[Miriam Toews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-toews/)

> [I would never want to deny my Mennonite background and culture; I'll always feel like and be identified as a Mennonite and therefore possess…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-toews/i-would-never-want-to-deny-my-mennonite-background-and-culture-i-ll/)

[Miriam Toews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-toews/)

> [“When I opened up the bottle of wine, Thebes said whoa, you yanked that cork out of there like you were saving it from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-toews/when-i-opened-up-the-bottle-of-wine-thebes-said-whoa-you-yanked-that/)

[Miriam Toews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-toews/)

> [The writing life is one long, never-ending search for narrative. Well, it's not even a conscious searching. It happens even while you're busy buying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-toews/the-writing-life-is-one-long-never-ending-search-for-narrative-well/)

[Miriam Toews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-toews/)

> [“I think Ray might have wanted a son. One night when I was seven or eight I announced to my family that I wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-toews/i-think-ray-might-have-wanted-a-son-one-night-when-i-was-seven-or/)

[Miriam Toews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-toews/)

> [The theme of sisters - of missing sisters, of needing sisters, the special love that sisters share or the antagonism sisters share - is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-toews/the-theme-of-sisters-of-missing-sisters-of-needing-sisters-the/)

[Miriam Toews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-toews/)

> [“..I followed her out the door and watched her walk down the road towards home, hers, and the bright yard light, and her own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-toews/i-followed-her-out-the-door-and-watched-her-walk-down-the-road/)

[Miriam Toews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-toews/)

> [“someday you’ll be gone, you’ll be dust, and then even less than dust. Nothing. There’s no other place to be. This world is good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-toews/someday-you-ll-be-gone-you-ll-be-dust-and-then-even-less-than-dust/)

[Miriam Toews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-toews/)

> [...and I put on "All My Love" and watched the sun rise yet again and thought thank you Robert Plant for all your love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-toews/and-i-put-on-all-my-love-and-watched-the-sun-rise-yet-again-and/)

[Miriam Toews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-toews/)

> [If, along the way, something is gained, then something will also be lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-toews/if-along-the-way-something-is-gained-then-something-will-also-be-lost/)

[Miriam Toews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-toews/)

> [Things shouldn't hinge on so very little. Sneeze and you're highway carnage. Remove one tiny stone and you're an avalanche statistic. But I guess…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-toews/things-shouldn-t-hinge-on-so-very-little-sneeze-and-you-re-highway/)

[Miriam Toews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-toews/)

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