And yet, within her anxiety, secured there like a gemstone, she carries the cool and curious power of occasionally being able to see the world vividly. Clarity bursts upon her a spray of little stars. She understands this, and thinks of it as one of the tricks of consciousness; there is something almost luxurious about it.. The narrative maze opens and permits her to pass through. She may be crowded out of her own life - she knows this for a fact and has always know it - but she possesses, as a compensatory gift, the startling ability to draft alternative versions.
The scolding voice is her own, so abrasive and quick, yet so powerless to move her. - Carol Shields
The scolding voice is her own, so abrasive and quick, yet so powerless to move her.
- Carol Shields
There are chapters in every life which are seldom read and certainly not aloud. - Carol Shields
There are chapters in every life which are seldom read and certainly not aloud.
A woman's life isn't worth a plateful of cabbage if she hasn't felt life stir under her heart. Taking a little one to nurse, watching him grow to man… - Carol Shields
A woman's life isn't worth a plateful of cabbage if she hasn't felt life stir under her heart. Taking a little one to nurse, watching him grow to man…
Anyone's childhood can be an act of disablement if rehearsed and replayed and squinted at in a certain light. . . - Carol Shields
Anyone's childhood can be an act of disablement if rehearsed and replayed and squinted at in a certain light. . .
Why should men be allowed to strut under the privilege of their life adventures, wearing them like a breast full of medals, while women went all gray… - Carol Shields
Why should men be allowed to strut under the privilege of their life adventures, wearing them like a breast full of medals, while women went all gray…
Open a book this minute and start reading. Don’t move until you’ve reached page fifty. Until you’ve buried your thoughts in print. Cover yourself wit… - Carol Shields
Open a book this minute and start reading. Don’t move until you’ve reached page fifty. Until you’ve buried your thoughts in print. Cover yourself wit…
It's hard work being a person, you have to do it every single day. - Carol Shields
It's hard work being a person, you have to do it every single day.
These are frightening times...when she feels herself annointed by loneliness. - Carol Shields
These are frightening times...when she feels herself annointed by loneliness.
Words are our life. We are human because we use language. So I think we are less human when we use less language. - Carol Shields
Words are our life. We are human because we use language. So I think we are less human when we use less language.
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