Ben Dolnick Quotes
A novel quite possibly won't be good and, even more possibly, will have not-good parts, but at least it won't shape-shift on you; at least you can say that you're halfway through and know that this maps onto some clear, visualizable chunk of narrative.
Ben Dolnick
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Number 4 should have been number 1. Thanks, Honey.
Jack Dempsey
Even though I am the daughter of a poet, and my stepmother is also a poet, growing up, I didn't think I could understand poetry; I didn't think that it had any relevance to my life, the feelings that I endured on a day-to-day basis, until I was introduced to the right poem.
Natasha Trethewey
Although some secrecy is odious, some is essential just to preserve our sense of self.
Ian Hacking
I have accumulated so many experiences, so much, that I want to be able to realize so many things. This is why I have basically given up most of my positions.
Daniel Barenboim
I was gladly cuffed, shackled, loaded into the caged bus and driven through the main gate of Bare Hill Correctional Facility for what I pray to God will be forever.
Jack Carroll
After becoming deaf, I realized that I'd better get an education if I was ever to do anything with my life.
I. King Jordan
I've been an avid collector since I was a child.
Alessandro Michele
I adore John Mayer. I don't see how anything that surrounds John could be negative.
Jessica Simpson
Britain loves a bargain, but you don't get good, lasting architecture on the cheap.
David Chipperfield
We are all-so to speak-intellectuals about something.
Randall Jarrell
You know that band that are all over 'Melody Maker,' Huggy Bear, they're just a load of crap, right? Riot grrrl group - y'know, it's all sexism and stuff, women standing up for their rights: 'This girl said this at the gig off the stage.' It's nothing got to do with music. They're probably untalented gits when it comes to the crunch.
Dolores O'Riordan
The Cranberries
A novel quite possibly won't be good and, even more possibly, will have not-good parts, but at least it won't shape-shift on you; at least you can say that you're halfway through and know that this maps onto some clear, visualizable chunk of narrative.
Ben Dolnick