Your memories from your early childhood seem to have such purchase on your emotions. They are so concrete. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes childhood concrete early
A good novel should be deeply unsettling - its satisfactions should come from its authenticity and its formal coherence. We must feel something crucial is at stake. Dana Spiotta authenticitycoherencecrucial Change image and share on social
All roads lead to Wall Street, but we feel the effects of Wall Street on every street corner. Certainly in Syracuse, N.Y., where I live. Dana Spiotta cornereffectfeel Change image and share on social
I don't have a lot of skills, but one thing I can do is, I can compartmentalize. I can make that a little world that I can go back to, so I can be a waitress, or I can be a teacher, and then go and work on my book. Dana Spiotta backbookcompartmentalize share on social
In early 1993, when I was 12, I was separated from my family as the Sierra Leone civil war, which began two years earlier, came into my life. Ishmael Beah begincivilearly Change image and share on social
Jesus is the very concrete truth revealing and standing in for the universal truth. Richard Rohr concretejesusreveal Change image and share on social
I had this wild imagination. I was never me. All my childhood photos, I'm in fancy dress, playing a Russian refuge or Marvelous Mad Madam Mim. Juno Temple childhooddressfancy Change image and share on social