"Look at me. My concerns-are they spiritual, do……" — Amy Hempel
"Look at me. My concerns-are they spiritual, do you think, or carnal? Come on. We've read our Shakespeare."
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59 Quotes by Amy Hempel
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Sometimes I can better describe a person by another person's reaction. In a story in my first book, I couldn't…
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Sometimes a flat-footed sentence is what serves, so you don't get all writerly: 'He opened the door.' There, it's open.
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I probably have less revision than those who have that wonderful rush of story to tell - you know, I…
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Then the children went to bed, or at least went upstairs, and the men joined the women for a cigarette…
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Wear your heart on the page, and people will read to find out how you solved being alive.
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An idea might spark an essay, but never a story.
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I think of the chimp, the one with the talking hands.
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I sleep with a glass of water on the nightstand so I can see by its level if the coastal…
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I leave a lot out when I tell the truth
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I could claim any number of high-flown reasons for writing, just as you can explain certain dogs behavior... But maybe,…
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The year I began to say vahz instead of vase, a man I barely knew nearly accidentally killed me.
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Good leaders being scarce, following yourself is allowed.
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More Carnal Quotes
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For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.
— Samuel Butler
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Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become…
— Thomas Aquinas
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When the saint ceases to seek after holiness, purity, righteousness, truth; when he ceases to pray, stops reading the Word…
— Smith Wigglesworth
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The tenets of [the Christian life] seem paradoxes to carnal men; as first, that a Christian is the only freeman,…
— Richard Sibbes
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Animals are like humans, only more openly carnal and sexual, more openly and therefore more disarmingly absurd.
— Yi-Fu Tuan
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Naturally, men are prone to spin themselves a web of opinions out of their own brain, and to have a…
— Richard Baxter
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I have lived a carnal life. My view of life is 'If you're going to miss Heaven, why miss it…
— Sam Kinison
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God may allow His servant to succeed when He has disciplined him to a point where he does not need…
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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The carnal person fears man, not God. The strong Christian fears God, not man. The weak Christian fears man too…
— John Flavel
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It is not the distance of the earth from the sun, nor the sun's withdrawing itself, that makes a dark…
— John Owen
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Many girls want to be carnal with me because I'm such a premium dancer.
— Unknown Author
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The genuine music lover may accept the carnal husk of opera to get at the kernel of actual music within,…
— H. L. Mencken
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