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Ann-Marie MacDonald is a renowned Canadian playwright known for her unique narrative style and profound social insights. Born on October 29, 1958, she has been creating dramatic works since the 1980s and has won numerous Canadian literary awards.

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“In terms of the secrets that imbue and underlie Fall on Your Knees, they were as much of a mystery to me as I was creating the story as they are to the readers.”

Stories Fall Term Secret Mystery Reader Creating Knees

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“Memory plays tricks. Memory is another word for story, and nothing is more unreliable.”

Play Stories Memories Tricks Knees Unreliable

Book:Fall On Your Knees

Source: Fall On Your Knees

“You think you're safe. Until you see a picture like that. And then you know you'll always be a slave to the present because the present is more powerful than the past, no matter how long ago the present happened.”

Thinking Knows Long Matter Past Powerful Happened Safe Slave Knees Long Ago Be A Slave

Book:Fall On Your Knees

Source: Fall On Your Knees

“It's important to attend funerals. It is important to view the body, they say, and to see it committed to earth or fire because unless you do that, the loved one dies for you again and again.”

Important Body Earth Dies Views Fire Committed Knees Funeral Loved Ones Again And Again You Again

Book:Fall On Your Knees

Source: Fall On Your Knees

“They are so young, they forget that the world is not as in love with them as they are.”

World Young Forget Knees

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“Lies like that are not a sin, they are a sacrifice.”

Lying Sin Sacrifice Knees Deceit

Book:Fall On Your Knees

Source: Fall On Your Knees

About the Author

Born: October 29, 1958
Known for: Playwright
Quotes: 23

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