"But clearly life took people and shook them……" — Meg Wolitzer
"But clearly life took people and shook them around until finally they were unrecognizable even to those who had once known them well. Still, there was power in once having known someone."
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30 Quotes by Meg Wolitzer
Meg Wolitzer has 30 quotes on this site.
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The only option for a creative person was constant motion—a lifetime of busy whirligigging in a generally forward direction, until…
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I have never been much of a researcher
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Just the act of sleeping beside someone you liked to be with. Maybe that was love.
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Part of the beauty of love was that you didn’t need to explain it to anyone else. You could refuse…
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The generation that had information, but no context. Butter, but no bread. Craving, but no longing.
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The child who was happy with herself meant the parents had won the jackpot.
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The minute you had kids you closed ranks. You didn't plan this in advance, but it happened. Families were like…
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People like to warn you that by the time you reach the middle of your life, passion will begin to…
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You had only one chance for a signature in life, but most people left no impression.
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While it's true that some writers, when taking on love and war, find the task too big, or only succeed…
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Good writing is good writing, and I'm so happy when I read it.
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You stayed around your children as long as you could, inhaling the ambient gold shavings of their childhood, and at…
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More Clearly Quotes
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It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of…
— Aristotle
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I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings…
— Richard Armitage
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I really enjoy being single again. I spent a lot of time in a relationship and the nearer we came…
— Dido Armstrong
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The values of Islam are expressed by Muslims clearly. September 11 changed the world, and put Muslims on the spotlight.
— Karen Armstrong
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People talk about doom-laden scenarios happening in the future: they are happening in Africa now. You can see it perfectly…
— David Attenborough
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I have often thought with wonder of the great goodness of God; and my soul has rejoiced in the contemplation…
— Teresa of Avila
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I was living an extremely burdensome life, because every time I prayed, I became more clearly aware of my faults.…
— Teresa of Avila
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Few expected very much of Franklin Roosevelt on Inauguration Day in 1933. Like Barack Obama seventy-six years later, he was…
— Russell Baker
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Letter writing was clearly important to Reagan. Even as president he kept dashing off letters to friends, pen pals, media…
— Russell Baker
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Barack Obama is clearly a smart guy, talented.
— Stephen Baldwin
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I like facts and data because they help me think clearly, beyond the cultural messages that I ingest unwittingly, and…
— Roseanne Barr
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President Obama has tried to spin the paltry new job creation numbers as 'a step in the right direction.' But,…
— Bob Beauprez
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