Kent Haruf Quotes

Death is a fact of life, no matter where you live. Taking care of the dying is a necessity everywhere. Those are not conditions exclusive to small towns.

Kent Haruf

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 24, 1943 - November 30, 2014

Topics

LifeLiveDeathSmallCareYou

I think it's true for all of us, if you find yourself doing really well at something, then the pressure is on you to try to improve.

Joe Morton

YourselfThinkPressureDoingYou

Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science.

Robert Green Ingersoll

ScienceExperienceObservationReason

I think that the idea of wanting to fight for your kids, but also knowing that your wife is probably better at it, is something that rings very true for me.

John Ross Bowie

WifeFightMeThinkBetterTrue

It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel resentful when it doesn't, and when it does, we may well reject it.

Spencer Tracy

WaitFeelRecognitionOthersUpMay

Too many families and homes remain unnecessarily vulnerable to natural disasters like hurricanes. While mitigation will never eliminate the risk to homeowners, it could reduce loss and, in many cases, save a family's home. For every $1 spent on mitigation, $4 in post-storm cleanup and rebuilding is saved.

Tom Rooney

FamilyHomeLossWillRiskNever

Listen, I've always been very headstrong.

Michelle Williams

ListenAlwaysBeenVeryHeadstrong

Industrialization of the building trade is a question of material. Hence the demand for a new building material is the first prerequisite.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

BuildingNewQuestionFirstTrade

Really showing love requires more than just words.

Joyce Meyer

LoveWordsMoreJustThanReally

Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.

Jean de la Bruyere

GreatGivingGiftsDealThanLess

In college, when a girlfriend asks you to watch a film in black and white, you do it. That's when I discovered a lot of films. I was really obsessed with Bergman, the whole world he creates. One that I always quote a lot is 'Autumn Sonata.' When you see women go through issues with their mom, you realize how right and poignant Bergman was.

Jonás Cuarón

WomenBlack And WhiteCollegeMomGo

Whenever you're dealing with something that's difficult to describe, that you can't get across to someone in a sound bite, it sounds like the normal default is to pick what's easiest, and in the case of fiction written by women, fiction involving women, fiction involving any sort of relationship, the word that comes to mind is 'romance.'

Diana Gabaldon

WomenRelationshipMindSomeoneYou

So many things that happen to you are so dreadful, it's important to have a sense of humour.

Debbie Reynolds

YouImportantHappenHumourThings

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