When we are green, still half-created, we believe that our dreams are rights, that the world is disposed to act in our best interests, and that falling and dying are for quitters. We live on the innocent and monstrous assurance that we alone, of all the people ever born, have a special arrangement whereby we will be allowed to stay green forever
We even talked like Hemingway characters, though in travesty, as if to deny our discipleship: That is your bed, and it is a good bed, and you must ma… - Tobias Wolff
We even talked like Hemingway characters, though in travesty, as if to deny our discipleship: That is your bed, and it is a good bed, and you must ma…
- Tobias Wolff
We are made to persist. that's how we find out who we are. - Tobias Wolff
We are made to persist. that's how we find out who we are.
The beauty of a fragment is that it still supports the hope of brilliant completeness. - Tobias Wolff
The beauty of a fragment is that it still supports the hope of brilliant completeness.
A piece of writing is a dangerous thing," he said. "It can change your life. - Tobias Wolff
A piece of writing is a dangerous thing," he said. "It can change your life.
Fearlessness in those without power is maddening to those who have it. - Tobias Wolff
Fearlessness in those without power is maddening to those who have it.
What writers do is they tell their own story constantly through other people's stories. They imagine other people, and those other people are carryin… - Tobias Wolff
What writers do is they tell their own story constantly through other people's stories. They imagine other people, and those other people are carryin…
The human heart is a dark forest. - Tobias Wolff
The human heart is a dark forest.
Real maturity is the ability to imagine the humanity of every person as fully as you believe in your own humanity. - Tobias Wolff
Real maturity is the ability to imagine the humanity of every person as fully as you believe in your own humanity.
Time, which is your enemy in almost everything in this life, is your friend in writing. - Tobias Wolff
Time, which is your enemy in almost everything in this life, is your friend in writing.
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