- Nov 07, 2020
Never Quotes
Quotes on what never happens.
This page gathers quotes centered on absence and limits - books that stayed unpublished, and a pointed line arguing that secrecy is fundamentally undesirable, merely tolerated when unavoidable. Related reading includes Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I couldn't choose a favourite author, but two contemporary writers who have never disappointed me are Tim Winton and Alice Munro.
- Miracles
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- Nov 07, 2020
There won't be any miracles. We never promised any. But as we have said before, when things are done properly, the results come in.
- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
The King of Prussia is innately a bad neighbor, but the English will also always be bad neighbors to France, and the sea has never prevented them from doing her great mischief.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never really been into the sci-fi genre myself.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
By the time we hit fifty, we have learned our hardest lessons. We have found out that only a few things are really important. We have learned to take life seriously, but never ourselves.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never get asked out by men my own age, as they all want to go out with 20-year-olds, and the men that do ask me out are too young.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Men can be men and still get excited about other men kicking a ball around and they're never mocked, whereas it's easy for women to take mocking on board, to be belittled. Because we're used to it.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to feel defensive when people would say, 'Yes, but your books have happy endings', as if that made them worthless, or unrealistic. Some people do get happy endings, even if it's only for a while. I would rather never be published again than write a downbeat ending.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been so showered in life, beyond my wildest dreams, such as having a loving partner I never thought I'd have.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never been obsessed by how I looked. In fact, I would rather have looked more ordinary so I could play more parts more truthfully.
- Nov 07, 2020