"She's forgetting,' Ellen said to Jack, plumping herself……" — Isobelle Carmody
"She's forgetting,' Ellen said to Jack, plumping herself down on a chair. 'All of her life is leaking out of her. Soon there will be nothing left."
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25 Quotes by Isobelle Carmody
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Short stories do not say this happened and this happened and this happened. They are a microcosm and a magnification…
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The very shape of our dreams defines us. We learn about the world and try out our thoughts and visions…
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The short story form allows evocation, suggestion, implication. Its potency often lies in what it does not say.
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Long fiction is wonderful and you can lose yourself in it as a reader and as a writer, but short…
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The mirror had broken into millions of pieces and the wind blew them all over the world. If a person…
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My favourite mentor brother told me that there were three kinds of people: followers, leaders and scouts. Scouts are capeable…
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Many truths which are not believed are called lies,' the Laughing Beast said. 'Mirrors do not themselves lie unless they…
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Maruman does not loll.
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You are born with the yearning arrow, my Glynna, though you are not yet fully aware of it. It is…
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The worst predijudice is unknowing. We think we treat others as equals, but, in our deepest heart, we regard ourselves…
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Sometimes success demands a certain refined insanity.
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Impatience is not the least of your faults, Malik, it is a kind of greed and someday it may see…
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Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of…
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I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is…
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We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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