Anthony Marra The idea that fiction can capture the stories that fall through the cracks of history informed ‘A Constellation of Vital Phenomena,’ which progresses across the two Chechen Wars of the 1990s and early 2000s. – Anthony Marra Capture Quotes Chechen Quotes Constellation Quotes Cracks Quotes Fall Quotes Fiction Quotes History Quotes Idea Quotes Informed Quotes Phenomena Quotes Progresses Quotes Stories Quotes Vital Quotes Wars Quotes When I visited Chechnya, I was taken aback at first because people would regularly make jokes about kidnapping me. When confronted with the facts of foreign atrocities, the experience is often consigned to the realm of the unimaginable. Fiction makes the unimaginable imaginable.
Neko Case I don’t know anybody who doesn’t hate being called alt.country. It just sounds like a website. I don’t mind being called Americana, I don’t mind being called country noir, or independent country is fine, but the words alt.country make me insane. – Neko Case
FailureToby Young In Britain, by contrast, we still think that class plays a part in determining a person’s life chances, so we’re less inclined to celebrate success and less inclined to condemn failure. The upshot is that it’s much easier to be a failure in Britain than it is in America. – Toby Young
St Jerome I am that prodigal son who wasted all the portion entrusted to me by my father. But I have not yet fallen at my father’s knees. I have not yet begun to put away from me the enticements of my former riotous living. – St Jerome
Anita Dobson I’m pretty fit. We’ve got a lot of stairs in our house, and I’m up and down them all the time. Plus, I don’t smoke, and I’m vegetarian. – Anita Dobson
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