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title: "3 Rilla Askew Quotes - Famous Novelist"
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# Rilla Askew

(1951)   Novelist

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Rilla Askew is a novelist.

## Quick Facts About Rilla Askew

Born January 1, 1951

Profession Novelist

## About Rilla Askew

American novelist and short story writer... \| Rilla Askew is an American novelist and short story writer who was born in Poteau, in the Sans Bois Mountains of southeastern Oklahoma, and grew up in the town of Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

##  Quotes by Rilla Askew

> [I will sacrifice my comfort, my convenience, my economic position in order to stand in protest, but not impose that on everyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rilla-askew/i-will-sacrifice-my-comfort-my-convenience-my-economic-position-in/)

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[Comfort](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comfort/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46f/rilla-askew-86448_comfort_i-will-sacrifice-my-comfort-my-convenien_313853.jpg)

> [There's definitely a fear of the enormity and the chaos of our world. Though many people are afraid, and we don't know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rilla-askew/there-s-definitely-a-fear-of-the-enormity-and-the-chaos-of-our-world/)

[Rilla Askew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rilla-askew/)

[Afraid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/afraid/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6d/rilla-askew-86448_afraid_there-s-definitely-a-fear-of-the-enormit_487035.jpg)

> [I think one of the reasons anti-immigration state laws start to happen is they happen in states where there is an enormous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rilla-askew/i-think-one-of-the-reasons-anti-immigration-state-laws-start-to/)

[Rilla Askew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rilla-askew/)

[Culture](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/culture/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/383/rilla-askew-86448_culture_i-think-one-of-the-reasons-anti-immigrat_635081.jpg)

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