Jenny Offill I can be bolder on the page, as a character. I can gnash my teeth, I can scream and yell, in a way that I’m perhaps too timid to do in real life. – Jenny Offill Bolder Quotes Character Quotes Gnash Quotes Life Quotes Real Quotes Scream Quotes Teeth Quotes Timid Quotes Yell Quotes I think part of what I like about being a fiction writer is that I can inhabit something that’s beyond the limits of my own personality. I have a slightly contrarian streak as a writer, and one of the things I was interested in was how distilled could I make a life, and how I could cross what is kind of trivialized as a domestic novel with a novel of ideas, a philosophical novel.
Hilaire Belloc Child! Do not throw this book about; refrain from the unholy pleasure of cutting all the pictures out. – Hilaire Belloc
Maxime Bernier I talk about economic freedom. I talk about capitalism without fearing the word. – Maxime Bernier
Florence Griffith Joyner I used to be teased for the way I wore my hair at school. I used to do things like wear a different-colored sock on each leg. – Florence Griffith Joyner
Aaron Wan-Bissaka I realised I was alright at tackling around 18, but it just caught the eyes of the coaches when I was training with the first team at Palace. That’s when I realised it was a special trait. – Aaron Wan-Bissaka
Joseph Brodsky The invention of ethical and political doctrines, which blossomed into our own social sciences, is a product of times when things appeared manageable. The same goes for the criticism of those doctrines, though as a voice from the past, this criticism proved prophetic. – Joseph Brodsky
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