There are some tales not for telling, whether because they are too long, too precious, too laughable, too … - Emma Donoghue

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It may be that there was no reason or purpose, for mankind must always be finding reasons where there are none, and comfort in a purpose that hardly exists.

Emma Donoghue

There are some tales not for telling, whether because they are too long, too precious, too laughable, too painful, too easy to need telling or too hard to explain. After all, after years and travels my secrets are all I have left to chew on in the night.

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The great thing about a short story is that it doesn't have to trawl through someone's whole life; it can come in glancingly from the side.

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Ma's still nodding. "You're the one who matters, though. Just you. " I shake my head till it's wobbling because there's no just me.

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Writing is nearly always a matter of finding whatever your brain needs to trick it into being creative, and in my case, a tiny little bit of fact just seems to work.

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It’s called mind over matter. If we don’t mind, it doesn’t matter. ” When a bit of me hurts, I always mind.

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In the world I notice persons are nearly always stressed and have no time. . . I don't know how persons with jobs do the jobs and all the living as well. . . I guess the time gets spread very thin like butter all over the world, the roads and houses and playgrounds and stores, so there's only a little smear of time on each place, then everyone has to hurry on to the next bit.

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