Jesmyn Ward Quotes

I've found that in fiction - and this is just the kind of writer I am - I can't really work from an outline. I have a vague idea of the characters at the beginning of the book, and then I have a vague idea of whatever the end of the book will be, but I can't approach creative nonfiction like that.

Jesmyn Ward

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Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

Jesus Christ

BlessedMercyWillMercifulShown

Gardening always has been an art, essentially.

Robert Irwin

ArtGardeningAlwaysBeen

My childhood wasn't very happy. It's a long, grim story about being a Jew in a small southern town.

Stanley Donen

ChildhoodHappySmallStoryLong

He who has seen one cathedral ten times has seen something; he who has seen ten cathedrals once has seen but little; and he who has spent half an hour in each of a hundred cathedrals has seen nothing at all.

Sinclair Lewis

NothingLittleHalfSeenSomething

Companies are recognizing that paid leave reduces training and turnover costs, that it's a formula for recruiting and retaining good workers.

Tom Perez

GoodTrainingLeaveWorkersPaid

I was well indulged as a child by my relentlessly self-improving, working class parents to express myself.

Mike Myers

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I tried to make up for being 5 ft. 3 in. by affecting a strut and adopting the voice of a much bigger man... dating tall, beautiful women... But nothing I could do, after Ava had left me, would add a single inch to my height.

Mickey Rooney

WomenBeautifulManDatingMeVoice

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

Dolly Parton

RainRainbowYouWantWaySee

She's 32, and she has three children. She loves to be pregnant but she doesn't want anymore children in her life. So she decided to help another couple. And she's just been amazing.

Cheryl Tiegs

LifeChildrenAmazingHelpThree

Hey, I was raised in the church. I was an altar boy and a choir member. I almost became a priest - until common sense grabbed hold of me.

Cheech Marin

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It is my art. I am better at it than I ever was. And I will do it as long as I can. When you reach a certain age you can slough off what is unnecessary and concentrate on what is. And why not?

Arthur Miller

AgeArtI AmBetterReachYou

When audiences start calling you by your character's names, your job is done!

Prabhas

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