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> [“What right did she have to take photographs of strangers? But she knew these faces…These people had been made to feel inadequate, abnormal. Their lives were disfigured by circumstance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisa-silver/what-right-did-she-have-to-take-photographs-of-strangers-but-she-knew/)

[Marisa Silver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisa-silver/)

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## More by Marisa Silver

> [Writing, for me, is always a dance between the critical part of my brain and the subconscious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisa-silver/writing-for-me-is-always-a-dance-between-the-critical-part-of-my/)

[Marisa Silver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisa-silver/)

> [“When Doris had died so long ago, it was weeks before Mary could think clearly and remember what she was supposed to do the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisa-silver/when-doris-had-died-so-long-ago-it-was-weeks-before-mary-could-think/)

[Marisa Silver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisa-silver/)

> [I guess I'm drawn to stories of people whose physicality puts them on the outside of things in order to explore the ways in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisa-silver/i-guess-i-m-drawn-to-stories-of-people-whose-physicality-puts-them-on/)

[Marisa Silver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisa-silver/)

> [“Such arrogance. A right of youth, he supposes, a necessity. How else is it possible to face the terrifying void of your unformed self…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisa-silver/such-arrogance-a-right-of-youth-he-supposes-a-necessity-how-else-is/)

[Marisa Silver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisa-silver/)

> [But every age deserves its fashion and its forms, and no one can control what survives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisa-silver/but-every-age-deserves-its-fashion-and-its-forms-and-no-one-can/)

[Marisa Silver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisa-silver/)

> [I'm interested in endurance. People persist in the face of the most excruciating hardships.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisa-silver/i-m-interested-in-endurance-people-persist-in-the-face-of-the-most/)

[Marisa Silver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisa-silver/)

> [The story has to flow from an unstructured, felt place, but then I have to bring my analytical brain to bear on issues of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisa-silver/the-story-has-to-flow-from-an-unstructured-felt-place-but-then-i-have/)

[Marisa Silver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisa-silver/)

> [Things, very strange things, happen in folktales and there is never much attention given to the whys and wherefores.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisa-silver/things-very-strange-things-happen-in-folktales-and-there-is-never/)

[Marisa Silver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisa-silver/)

> [“What right did she have to take photographs of strangers? But she knew these faces…These people had been made to feel inadequate, abnormal. Their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisa-silver/what-right-did-she-have-to-take-photographs-of-strangers-but-she-knew/)

[Marisa Silver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisa-silver/)

> [Why did people try to shush trouble away as if it were an unruly child?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisa-silver/why-did-people-try-to-shush-trouble-away-as-if-it-were-an-unruly-child/)

[Marisa Silver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisa-silver/)

> [“A picture doesn't bring someone to life. A picture is a death of the moment when the picture is taken. Whenever you look at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisa-silver/a-picture-doesn-t-bring-someone-to-life-a-picture-is-a-death-of-the/)

[Marisa Silver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisa-silver/)

> [I never know where I'm headed when I'm working on a book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisa-silver/i-never-know-where-i-m-headed-when-i-m-working-on-a-book/)

[Marisa Silver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisa-silver/)

> [“For the first time, her singularity, the fact that she felt different from every person she knew, made sense to her, and she realized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisa-silver/for-the-first-time-her-singularity-the-fact-that-she-felt-different/)

[Marisa Silver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisa-silver/)

> [“But sometimes you can spend a lot of sorrow trying to change things for the better, when what was first was best. Its only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisa-silver/but-sometimes-you-can-spend-a-lot-of-sorrow-trying-to-change-things/)

[Marisa Silver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisa-silver/)

> [Because answers are inert things that stop inquiry. They make you think you have finished looking. But you are never finished. There are always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisa-silver/because-answers-are-inert-things-that-stop-inquiry-they-make-you/)

[Marisa Silver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisa-silver/)

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