"If a piece ofknotted string can unleash the……" — Annie Proulx
"If a piece ofknotted string can unleash the wind and if a drowned man can awaken... then I believe a broken man can heal."
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40 Quotes by Annie Proulx
Annie Proulx has 40 quotes on this site.
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Change itself is what fascinates me. I am drawn, as a moth to the flame, by edge situations, by situations…
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No wonder, he thought, that the panhandle people were a godly lot, for they lived in sudden, violent atmospheres. Weather…
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But the only rhyme he could summon for 'out' was 'sauerkraut,' which lacked poetic glory. He let it go. The…
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Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.
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If you are looking for smart judging based on merit, skip the Academy Awards next year and pay attention to…
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In a rough way the short story writer is to the novelist as a cabinetmaker is to a house carpenter.
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If you get the landscape right, the characters will step out of it, and they'll be in the right place.
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I think it's important to leave spaces in a story for readers to fill in from their own experience.
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Develop craftsmanship through years of wide reading.
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What we fear we often rage against.
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I find it satisfying and intellectually stimulating to work with the intensity, brevity, balance and word play of the short…
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Walking on the land or digging in the fine soil I am intensely aware that time quivers slightly, changes occurring…
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