Quote by Richard Russo
My books are elegiac in the sense that theyre odes to a nation tha

My books are elegiac in the sense that theyre odes to a nation that even I sometimes think may not exist anymore except in my memory and my imagination. – Richard Russo

Other quotes by Richard Russo

I think that if people are instructed about anything, it should be about the nature of cruelty. And about why people behave so cruelly to each other. And what kind of satisfactions they derive from it. And why there is always a cost, and a price to be paid. – Richard Russo

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Nature
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I dont think theres a shortage of material in the world. Or in my head. I just pray for continued good health, because Ive got other stories to tell. – Richard Russo

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Health
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I never worry about people not taking my work seriously as a result of the humor. In the end, the comics best trick is the illusion that comedy is effortless. That people imagine what hes doing is easy is an occupational hazard. – Richard Russo

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Humor
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Imagination
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I know how fiction matters to me, because if I want to express myself, I have to make up a story. Some people call it imagination. To me, its not imagination. Its just a way of watching. – Haruki Murakami

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Imagination

Our imaginations are strong as children. Sometimes they get shoved aside, these imaginations. They get dusty and mildewed with age. The imagination is a muscle that has to be put to use or it shrivels. – Julianna Baggott

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Imagination

A ladys imagination is very rapid it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment. – Jane Austen

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Imagination

I enjoy working on a movie that lets your imagination run wild, its great to be a part of and watch. – Chris Hemsworth

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Imagination

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Black holes result from God dividing the universe by zero. – Author Unknown

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Math

If kind parents love their children and delight in their happiness, then he who is perfect goodness in sending abroad mortal contagions doth assuredly direct their use. – John Woolman

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Happiness

War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed. – William McKinley

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Peace

The year 2008 was a reminder to those who had forgotten that there is such a thing as history and that the cycle of famine and feast in commerce, first identified in antiquity and well understood in the Middle Ages, was not suddenly abolished in modern times. – James Buchan

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History