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> [“Knowing the story doesn't make it any better. We get what we're given, nothing more, nothing less.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjorie-celona/knowing-the-story-doesn-t-make-it-any-better-we-get-what-we-re-given/)

[Marjorie Celona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjorie-celona/)

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## More by Marjorie Celona

> [No one has patience for love except their own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjorie-celona/no-one-has-patience-for-love-except-their-own/)

[Marjorie Celona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjorie-celona/)

> [Don’t believe anything anyone tells you. You have to evaluate the world with your own eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjorie-celona/don-t-believe-anything-anyone-tells-you-you-have-to-evaluate-the/)

[Marjorie Celona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjorie-celona/)

> [“Knowing the story doesn't make it any better. We get what we're given, nothing more, nothing less.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjorie-celona/knowing-the-story-doesn-t-make-it-any-better-we-get-what-we-re-given/)

[Marjorie Celona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjorie-celona/)

> [“See, we're intellectual equals. I am as smart as your mother, and she is as smart as me. This is a problem. There's no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjorie-celona/see-we-re-intellectual-equals-i-am-as-smart-as-your-mother-and-she-is/)

[Marjorie Celona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjorie-celona/)

> [“Vaughn plucks the wishbone from what's left of the chicken and holds it out for me to reach. It's the one thing in life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjorie-celona/vaughn-plucks-the-wishbone-from-what-s-left-of-the-chicken-and-holds/)

[Marjorie Celona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjorie-celona/)

> [“Y That perfect letter. The wishbone, fork in the road, empty wineglass. The question we ask over and over. Why? Me with my arms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjorie-celona/y-that-perfect-letter-the-wishbone-fork-in-the-road-empty-wineglass/)

[Marjorie Celona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjorie-celona/)

> [“We'll get to know each other bit by bit, and each time we meet shell tell me a little more about the circumstances of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjorie-celona/we-ll-get-to-know-each-other-bit-by-bit-and-each-time-we-meet-shell/)

[Marjorie Celona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjorie-celona/)

> [“Don’t marry someone you love. Love makes you stupid.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjorie-celona/don-t-marry-someone-you-love-love-makes-you-stupid/)

[Marjorie Celona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjorie-celona/)

> [“He's a little less cool than Jude--a little lower on the social ladder. He wears the same uniform as Jude, the checked shirt and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjorie-celona/he-s-a-little-less-cool-than-jude-a-little-lower-on-the-social-ladder/)

[Marjorie Celona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjorie-celona/)

> [“When you're in the thick of your life, it feels like a mess--one surprise after the next. But later, when you look back on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjorie-celona/when-you-re-in-the-thick-of-your-life-it-feels-like-a-mess-one/)

[Marjorie Celona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjorie-celona/)

> [For the long-limbed trees and watery landscape of Vancouver Island, read Hundreds and Thousands. Setting aside, who can resist a woman who lived in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjorie-celona/for-the-long-limbed-trees-and-watery-landscape-of-vancouver-island/)

[Marjorie Celona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjorie-celona/)

> [“I understand her immediately. She is an instigator, a fire starter, an accelerant of a human being, throwing herself into the middle of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjorie-celona/i-understand-her-immediately-she-is-an-instigator-a-fire-starter-an/)

[Marjorie Celona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjorie-celona/)

> [Y. That perfect letter. The wishbone, fork in the road, empty wineglass. The question we ask over and over.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjorie-celona/y-that-perfect-letter-the-wishbone-fork-in-the-road-empty-wineglass-2/)

[Marjorie Celona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjorie-celona/)

> [“On good days, Quinn and Eugene regard each other as pieces of strange furniture brought in by Yula to add further clutter to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjorie-celona/on-good-days-quinn-and-eugene-regard-each-other-as-pieces-of-strange/)

[Marjorie Celona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjorie-celona/)

> [“She was fierce, quick to anger, her temper terrifying and unpredictable, her words deeply damaging when she wanted them to be. Because she had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjorie-celona/she-was-fierce-quick-to-anger-her-temper-terrifying-and-unpredictable/)

[Marjorie Celona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjorie-celona/)

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