"Don't you understand that wanting does not belong……" — Isobelle Carmody

"Don't you understand that wanting does not belong here, because that is what wounds, and there is never an end to it."

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25 Quotes by Isobelle Carmody

Isobelle Carmody has 25 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Short stories do not say this happened and this happened and this happened. They are a microcosm and a magnification…
The very shape of our dreams defines us. We learn about the world and try out our thoughts and visions…
The short story form allows evocation, suggestion, implication. Its potency often lies in what it does not say.
Long fiction is wonderful and you can lose yourself in it as a reader and as a writer, but short…
The mirror had broken into millions of pieces and the wind blew them all over the world. If a person…
My favourite mentor brother told me that there were three kinds of people: followers, leaders and scouts. Scouts are capeable…
Many truths which are not believed are called lies,' the Laughing Beast said. 'Mirrors do not themselves lie unless they…
Maruman does not loll.
You are born with the yearning arrow, my Glynna, though you are not yet fully aware of it. It is…
The worst predijudice is unknowing. We think we treat others as equals, but, in our deepest heart, we regard ourselves…
Sometimes success demands a certain refined insanity.
Impatience is not the least of your faults, Malik, it is a kind of greed and someday it may see…

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Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a… — Jane Austen
The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest. The repose of the night… — Gaston Bachelard
Characters don't belong to anyone, not even the person who plays them. — Antonio Banderas
I cannot belong to a nonprofit organization because when you receive grants, you have to make such great compromises with… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries. — Saul Bellow
My difficulties belong to me! — Alfred Adler
Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his… — Sarah Bernhardt
I don't belong to anyone. — Manolo Blahnik
It's a privilege to serve the poor, to be servants of noble Africans, but I better belong in the rehearsal… — Bono
I went to church and couldn't swallow it. The music was nice but I don't belong there. — Alain de Botton
I hate all politics. I don't like either political party. One should not belong to them - one should be… — Ray Bradbury
Don't let anyone call you a minority if you're black or Hispanic or belong to some other ethnic group. You're… — Gwendolyn Brooks

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