...But I don't think I'm the only person who is tired of books and movies full of paper-doll characters you don't care about, who have no self-respect and no respect for anybody or any institution....And I don't want to sound preachy or Victorian, but I'm tired of amorality in fiction and in real life. Immorality is a fascinating human dilemma that creates suspense for the readers and tension for the characters, but where is the tension in an amoral situation? When people have no personal code, nothing is threatening and nothing is meaningful.
...But I don't think I'm the only person who is tired of books and movies full of paper-doll characters you don't care about, who have no self-respec… - Olive Ann Burns
...But I don't think I'm the only person who is tired of books and movies full of paper-doll characters you don't care about, who have no self-respec…
- Olive Ann Burns
Livin' is like pourin' water out of a tumbler into a dang Coca-Cola bottle. If'n you skeered you can't do it, you cain't. If'n you say to yourself, "… - Olive Ann Burns
Livin' is like pourin' water out of a tumbler into a dang Coca-Cola bottle. If'n you skeered you can't do it, you cain't. If'n you say to yourself, "…
I'm convinced true fulfillment is living in God's world one day at a time, savoring it, leaving today's disapointments behind and borrowing no troubl… - Olive Ann Burns
I'm convinced true fulfillment is living in God's world one day at a time, savoring it, leaving today's disapointments behind and borrowing no troubl…
Olive Ann describes Sanna as 'a perfectionist and a worrier.' She is obsessed with the idea of finding happiness, and for her, as Olive ann wrote in … - Olive Ann Burns
Olive Ann describes Sanna as 'a perfectionist and a worrier.' She is obsessed with the idea of finding happiness, and for her, as Olive ann wrote in …
Life is like pouring water into a Coca- Cola bottle; if you're the least bit scared you can't do it - Olive Ann Burns
Life is like pouring water into a Coca- Cola bottle; if you're the least bit scared you can't do it
They's a heap more to God's will than death, disapoint-ment, and like thet. Hit's God's will for us to be good and do good, love one another, be forg… - Olive Ann Burns
They's a heap more to God's will than death, disapoint-ment, and like thet. Hit's God's will for us to be good and do good, love one another, be forg…
But to mourn, that's different. To mourn is to be eaten alive with homesickness for the person. - Olive Ann Burns
But to mourn, that's different. To mourn is to be eaten alive with homesickness for the person.
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