- 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This page gathers quotes centered on absence and limits - books that stayed unpublished, and a pointed line arguing that secrecy is fundamentally undesirable, merely tolerated when unavoidable.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
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have no faith in ourselves. I have never met a woman who, deep down in her core, really believes she has great legs. And if she suspects that she might have great legs, then she's convinced that she has a shrill voice and no neck.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Never judge someone by who he's in love with; judge him by his friends. People fall in love with the most appalling people. Take a cool, appraising glance at his pals.
- Been
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Greens have never been on the ballot in Georgia because of restrictive ballot access laws.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never felt like there was an unconscious part of me around that woke up or that came out of the closet; there wasn't a struggle, there wasn't an attempt to suppress.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never conceived of not writing a novel. I believed - oh, God, I believed, it was an article of faith! - I was born to write a novel.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Truth never changes. Truth always sets people free.
- Bad
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never thought for one second I'd be able to play with a real band. When I was in high school, I went through a lot of bad treatment and was called a lot of names by boys because I wanted to play. Sly was different.
- Male
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- Nov 07, 2020
Personally, I have never wished I were a male novelist.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never write something and consciously embed political commentary or any other kind of commentary. I just try to get the characters into a room or out of a room, or onto the plane, or through the grocery store. The political stuff, the class stuff, the gender stuff, is in the air, it's in their interactions, because it's there for all of us.
- Over
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- Nov 07, 2020
I swear if I had to do this over again, I would just do the paintings and never show them.
- Nov 07, 2020