Quote by Alice Munro Download Open image ““Writing this letter is like putting a note in a bottle— And hoping It will reach Japan.”” — Alice Munro ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“And so I told him how living in Japan would give him a leisure no mere tourist has, to know the rhythms of the… — Donna George Storey Copy Share Image
“All writing is a message in a bottle, cast into the sea in the forlorn hope of recognition and acceptance.” — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
“One very good way to invite stares of disapproval in Japan is to walk and eat at the same time.” — Andrew Horvat Copy Share Image
“As much as I'd wanted to stay in Japan to be with him, the real reason was that I wanted control of my life.… — Amanda Sun Copy Share Image
“Not about the Japanese, but about moments of perfection. commit it to memory and make good use of it.” — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“Japan's foreign policy must have teeth, and, if Japan does not have the fangs, it must acquire them. If the only language that tomorrow's… — Declan Hayes Copy Share Image
“In Japan, so many emoticons have been created that it’s reasonable to assume Japanese appreciate their convenience more than anyone else.” — Morinosuke Kawaguchi Copy Share Image
“Reading about Japan in the West is often like looking at a funhouse mirror through a kaleidoscope.” — Nick Mamatas Copy Share Image
“The whole of Japan is a pure invention. There is no such country, there are no such people.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Among the chattering, cheerful, well-dressed crowd of people waiting at the gate were a number of quiet young men, each with a pleasant but… — Gerard K. O'Neill Copy Share Image
“Different cultures and all that, but it’s true what they say about the Japanese being undemonstrative.” — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
William Maxwell's my favorite North American writer, I think. And an Irish writer who used to write for 'The New Yorker' called Maeve Brennan,… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
“Not very long ago I was driving with my husband on the back roads of Grey County, which is to the north and east… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
“Her silent singing wrapped around the story she was telling herself, which she extended further every night on the deck. (Averill often told herself… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
“Something happened here. In your life there are a few places, or maybe only the one place, were something happened, and then there are… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
My head was a magpie's nest lined with such bright scraps of information. — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
The thing is to be happy, no matter what. Just try that. You can. It gets to be easier and easier. It's nothing to… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
What she wants to do if she can get the time to do it, is not so much to live in the past as… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
“Children Katy's age had no problem with monotony. In fact they embraced it, diving into it and wrapping the familiar words round their tongues… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
“This is what happens. You put it away for a little while, and now and again you look in the closet for something else… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
She sits in her usual ample armchair, with piles of books and unopened magazines around her. She sips cautiously from the mug of weak… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
The images, the language, of pornography, and romance are alike; monotonous and mechanically seductive, quickly leading to despair. — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
I was a grade B housewife, maybe a B minus. But when I got time to write, I would be unable to finish a… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
