"Sometimes I am afraid for people like you……" — Isobelle Carmody
"Sometimes I am afraid for people like you who have to know things. Your kind will dig and hunt and worry at it until one day you will find what is hidden, waiting for you."
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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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People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old.
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I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own.
— Dido Armstrong
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I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.
— Jane Austen
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
— Teresa of Avila
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I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different…
— Kevin Bacon
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Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most…
— Abigail Adams
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I grew up as a Mormon, and that had more of an impact on my values than my beliefs. I'm…
— Amy Adams
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Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck…
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Women's Lib? Oh, I'm afraid it doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated it hurts.
— Lucille Ball
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I am not finding pregnancy much of a joy. I am afraid of childbirth, but I am afraid I can't…
— Brigitte Bardot
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As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula.
— Dave Barry
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I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud.
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