Jesmyn Ward Quotes

I feel like in the reading I did when I was growing up, and also in the way that people talk and tell stories here in the South, they use a lot of figurative language. The stories that I heard when I was growing up, and the stories that I read, taught me to use the kind of language that I do. It's hard for me to work against that when I am writing.

Jesmyn Ward

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As one grows older one becomes more critical of oneself and less of other people.

Basil Rathbone
- People
- More
- Less
Five to six thousand people die every year waiting for organs, but nobody cares.

Jack Kevorkian
- People
- Die
- Waiting
That's what happens nowadays with people working on computers. They can so easily fix things with their mouse and take out all the, 'Oh, somebody coughed in the background; we need to take that out' - or somebody hit a bad note. Those are all the best moments.

Jack White The White Stripes
- People
- Bad
- Moments
These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it more.

Wendell Berry
- People
- Day
- Justice
I get so excited when a song I wrote that's very personal to me goes No. 1 and I look down and see people singing the words back to me.

Taylor Swift
- People
- Song
- Words
Growing up in a small town gives you two things: a sense of place and a feeling of self-consciousness - self-consciousness about one's education and exposure, both of which tend to be limited. On the other hand, limited possibilities also mean creating your own options.

E. L. Konigsburg
- Up
- Feeling
- Small