Gaps Quote by Margaret Atwood Download Open image “we lived in the gaps between the stories” — Margaret Atwood ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Gaps Stories Storytelling
You have to suspend thinking in narratives. The moment you are conscious of yourself the gap opens up. And in this gap, stories are… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
I like gaps; all my stories have gaps. It seems this is the way people's lives present themselves. — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
The fiction writer in me likes gaps in stories because I can jump into that gap and try to suggest something. — Marlon James Copy Share Image
“Stories close the gap and reconcile between what we want life to be and how it actually is.” — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
Our story has three parts: a beginning, a middle, and an end. And although this is the way all stories unfold, I still can't… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
“In the end nothing matters but the work. You can’t control how it’s taken, and the act of telling a story always involves a… — Patrick Somerville Copy Share Image
One of the remarkable qualities of the story is that it creates space. We can dwell in a story, walk around, find our own… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
We make the oldest stories new when we succeed, and we are trapped by the old stories when we fail — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
A little bit of one story joins onto an idea from another, and hey presto, . . . not old tales but new ones.… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Stories bring us together. We can talk about them and bond over them. They are shared knowledge, shared legend, and shared history; often, they… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
“I'm fine," said Pilar, "for the moment. And the moment is the only time we can be fine in.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
And yet it disturbs me to learn I have hurt someone unintentionally. I want all my hurts to be intentional. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Mary: Some call this "Eve's curse," but I think that is stupid because the real curse of Eve was having to put up with… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“The birds were singing around me, but I reflected that the very birds were strangers to me, for I did not even know their… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Strange how we decorate pain. These ribbons, for instance, and the small hard teardrops of blood. Who are they for? Do we think the… — margaret atwood Copy Share Image
I wanted to forget the past, but it refused to forget me; it waited for sleep, then cornered me. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Back at home they drew the curtains and read, with disapproval, with relish, with avidity and glee - even the ones who'd never thought… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
All fiction is about people, unless it's about rabbits pretending to be people. It's all essentially characters in action, which means characters moving through… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Simon walks back to the house alone. The night is clear and warm, with a moon, almost full, enclosed in a nimbus of mist;… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“There is indeed something delightful about being able to combine obedience and disobedience in the same act.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Every time the women appear, Snowman is astonished all over again. They're every known colour from the deepest black to whitest white, they're various… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
No matter how strong the storm, how hard the rain and how vicious the wind there is always a gap in the clouds for… — Ben Greenhalgh Copy Share Image
I honestly don't like Photoshop. I think when people Photoshop things, all of a sudden you're like, 'That's not even me anymore.' It takes… — Lily Aldridge Copy Share Image
It concerns me when people frame the conversation about equal pay about the entertainment business. I don't want the wage gap issue to be… — Patricia Arquette Copy Share Image
To be creative means to connect. It's to abolish the gap between the body, the mind and the soul, between science and art, between… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
I don't think that writing, real writing, has much to do with affirming belief--if anything it causes rifts and gaps in belief which make… — Brian Evenson Copy Share Image
You build the bonds through the community and police force, build bonds of understanding, and then when people feel comfortable in their communities, that… — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
Alcohol doesn't console, it doesn't fill up anyone's psychological gaps, all it replaces is the lack of God. It doesn't comfort man. On the… — Marguerite Duras Copy Share Image
Whether you face reality head on and make a life change, or deny your responsibility, you've made a choice. The way I see it… — Shawn Phillips Copy Share Image
With a full century of contrary proof in our possession and despite our demonstrated capacity for cooperative teamwork, some among us seem to accept… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Not one country in all the world has eliminated its economic participation [gender] gap - not one. — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Copy Share Image
I'm supposed to be taking time off. But I'm still writing and I have this Gap advert lined up. — Joss Stone Copy Share Image
..in that moment i realize how much i love the little everyday routines of my life..the details that are my life's special pattern, like… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image