All Alice Munro Quotes
- Life would be grand if it weren't for the people. Grand
- People’s lives, in Jubilee as elsewhere, were dull, simple, amazing, and unfathomable – deep caves paved with kitchen linoleum. Amazing
- She could not explain or quite understand that it wasn't altogether jealousy she felt, it was rage. And not because she couldn't shop like that… Age
- She sits in her usual ample armchair, with piles of books and unopened magazines around her. She sips cautiously from the mug of weak herb… Aid
- Always remember that when a man goes out of the room, he leaves everything in it behind... When a woman goes out she carries everything… Along
- One stroke of lightning does not have to lead anywhere, but to the next stroke of lightning. Anywhere
- He was evidently the sort of person who posed questions that were traps for you to fall into. Evidently
- The constant happiness is curiosity. Constant
- There was a danger whenever I was on home ground. It was the danger of seeing my life through other eyes than my own. Seeing… Barbed
- It was at this time that she entirely gave up on reading. The covers of books looked like coffins to her, either shabby or ornate,… Been
- Speculation can be more gentle, can take its time, when it is not driven by desire. Desire
- The images, the language, of pornography, and romance are alike; monotonous and mechanically seductive, quickly leading to despair. Alike
- I just believed it easily, the way you might believe and in fact remember that you once had another set of teeth, now vanished but… Another Set
- It’s just life. You can’t beat life. Beat
- She was learning, quite late, what many people around her appeared to have known since childhood that life can be perfectly satisfying without major achievements. Achievement
- We say of some things that they can't be forgiven, or that we will never forgive ourselves. But we do-we do it all the time. All
- What she wants to do if she can get the time to do it, is not so much to live in the past as to… Get One
- The thing is to be happy,' he said. 'No matter what. Just try that. You can. It gets to be easier and easier. It's nothing… Accept
- She would live now, not read. Funny
- Who can ever say the perfect thing to the poet about his poetry? Ever Say
- Hatred is always a sin, my mother told me. Remember that. One drop of hatred in your soul will spread and discolor everything like a… Black
- Things have changed, ofcourse. There are counsellors at the ready. Kindness and understanding. Life is harder for some, we're told. Not their fault, even if… Blow
- You think that would have changed things? The answer is of course, and for a while, and never. Answer
- people who believe in miracles do not make much fuss when they actually encounter one Believe
- Now i no longer believe that people's secrets are defined and communicable, or their feelings full-blown and easy to recognize. Believe