Jane Gardam Quotes

Stories of all lengths and depths come from different parts of the cave. For a novel, you must lay in mental, physical and spiritual provision as for a siege or for a time of hectic explosions, while a short story is, or can be, a steady, timed flame like the lighting of a blow lamp on a building site full of dry tinder.

Jane Gardam

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: July 11, 1928

Topics

TimeSpiritualBuildingFlameStory

Elvis was the only man from Northeast Mississippi who could shake his hips and still be loved by rednecks, cops, and hippies.

Jimmy Buffett

ManLovedOnlyStillMississippi

A man can sleep around, no questions asked, but if a woman makes nineteen or twenty mistakes she's a tramp.

Joan Rivers

WomanMistakesManSleepQuestions

I wore a Santa hat for a whole year in high school.

Jeremy Sisto

SchoolHatHigh SchoolYearHigh

The avian influenza found in mainland British Columbia poses no significant threat to human health.

John Clifford

HealthHumanBritishSignificant

I love pressure situations. I won't run for cover, and I'll try to take as much of the heat as possible. Because I feel I can stand it better than most people.

Roger Ailes

LovePeopleStandPressureBetter

Among those who share a throne there can be no loyalty; Dominion's ever impatient consort.

Lucan

LoyaltyThroneShareWhoImpatient

Party action should follow, not precede the creation of a dominant popular sentiment.

Judith Ellen Foster

ActionPartyCreationFollowShould

I was a loner in high school. I keep to myself, but I love life.

Clea Duvall

LifeLoveMyselfSchoolHigh School

It's the stickiness of earth that makes it problematic - the way it stains your straps and ingrains your hands so you can't quite tell where you start and stop.

Alice Oswald

StartHandsYouEarthStopWay

The discourse of sovereignty is a relative one when a crisis has become a global crisis.

Peter Maurer

CrisisBecomeDiscourseSovereignty

I'm an immigrant and I've always wanted to write something about America.

Peter Jennings

AmericaImmigrantWriteAlwaysAbout

I am ready. I'm in great shape. My workouts have been great. I'm ready to get back and help a team get to the Super Bowl.

Shaun Alexander

GreatI AmTeamHelpBackReady

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