Stephen Elliott Quotes

#1. The best book I read in 2007 was Stoner by John Williams. It's perhaps the best book I've read in years.

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#2. We all think we're retaliating," I say. "That's the nature of conflict. We all think our actions are justified by someone else's actions. But actually, we're responsible for what we do.

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#3. We understand the world by how we retrieve memories, re-order information into stories to justify how we feel.

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#4. What we remember, and how we order and interpret what we believe to be true, are what shapes who we are.

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#5. You think you can't fix anything until you fix yourselves. Well, let me be the first to tell you, you will never fix yourself. p.32

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#6. In every book I ever wrote the point was to do as much as you could after coming to terms with your limitations.

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#7. Tom Kealey might be my favorite short story writer and this astonishing collection is long overdue.

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