--- title: "3 Alison MacLeod Quotes" description: "Alison MacLeod is a Canadian British literary fiction writer. She is most noted for her 2013 novel Unexploded, a longlisted nominee for the 2013 Man Boo..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/387/alison-macleod-79948_death_he-decides-it-is-better-to-die-in-irelan_39147.jpg" --- # Alison MacLeod **3** quotes in **12** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Alison MacLeod is a Canadian British literary fiction writer. She is most noted for her 2013 novel Unexploded, a longlisted nominee for the 2013 Man Booker Prize, and her 2017 short story collection All the Beloved Ghosts, a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language ## Quotes by Alison MacLeod > [“He decides it is better to die in Ireland than in Paris because in Ireland the outdoors looks like the outdoors and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-macleod/he-decides-it-is-better-to-die-in-ireland-than-in-paris-because-in/) [Alison MacLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-macleod/) [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/387/alison-macleod-79948_death_he-decides-it-is-better-to-die-in-irelan_39147.jpg) > [“To imagine wasn’t to escape but to go deeper; to see through to the secret life of the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-macleod/to-imagine-wasn-t-to-escape-but-to-go-deeper-to-see-through-to-the/) [Alison MacLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-macleod/) [Imagine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/imagine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b6/alison-macleod-79948_imagine_to-imagine-wasn-t-to-escape-but-to-go-de_645212.jpg) > [“The world yearns. This is its sure gravity: the attraction of bodies. Earth for molten star. Moon for earth. A hand for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-macleod/the-world-yearns-this-is-its-sure-gravity-the-attraction-of-bodies/) [Alison MacLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-macleod/) [Astronomy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd6/alison-macleod-79948_astronomy_the-world-yearns-this-is-its-sure-gravit_1970263.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-macleod/#itemlist", "name": "Alison MacLeod Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He decides it is better to die in Ireland than in Paris because in Ireland the outdoors looks like the outdoors and gravestones are mossy and chipped, and the letters wear down with the wind and the rain so everyone gets forgotten in time, and life flies on.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alison MacLeod" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-macleod/he-decides-it-is-better-to-die-in-ireland-than-in-paris-because-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/387/alison-macleod-79948_death_he-decides-it-is-better-to-die-in-irelan_39147.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/387/alison-macleod-79948_death_he-decides-it-is-better-to-die-in-irelan_39147.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/387/alison-macleod-79948_death_he-decides-it-is-better-to-die-in-irelan_39147.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He decides it is better to die in Ireland than in Paris because in Ireland the outdoors looks like the…” — Alison MacLeod", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“To imagine wasn’t to escape but to go deeper; to see through to the secret life of the world.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alison MacLeod" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-macleod/to-imagine-wasn-t-to-escape-but-to-go-deeper-to-see-through-to-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b6/alison-macleod-79948_imagine_to-imagine-wasn-t-to-escape-but-to-go-de_645212.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b6/alison-macleod-79948_imagine_to-imagine-wasn-t-to-escape-but-to-go-de_645212.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b6/alison-macleod-79948_imagine_to-imagine-wasn-t-to-escape-but-to-go-de_645212.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To imagine wasn’t to escape but to go deeper; to see through to the secret life of the world.” — Alison MacLeod", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The world yearns. 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