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Playwright

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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Famous Ann-Marie MacDonald Quotes

“The world should not be organized to require heroines, and when one is required but fails to appear, we should not judge.”

World Should Failing Judging Organized Heroines

Book:Fall On Your Knees

Source: Fall On Your Knees

“Materia had been just six when they docked in Sydney Harbour and her father said, 'Look. This is the New World. Anything is possible here.' She's been too young to realize that he was talking to her brother.”

World Looks Said Young Father Realizing Talking Brother Six New World Anything Is Possible Sydney Harbour

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

Book:Fall On Your Knees

Source: Fall On Your Knees

“Afterwards, in bed with a book, the spell of television feels remote compared to the journey into the page. To be in a book. To slip into the crease where two pages meet, to live in the place where your eyes alight upon the words to ignite a world of smoke and peril, colour and serene delight. That is a journey no one can end with the change of a channel. Enduring magic.”

World Feels Two Book Ends Eye Magic Journey Television Bed Pages Endure Delight Smoke Colour Spells Slips Peril Serene Ignite

Book:The Way the Crow Flies

Source: The Way the Crow Flies

About the Author

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

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