Jim Crace Quotes

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Jim Crace is a British writer born on March 1, 1946. His works are known for their unique narrative style and profound depiction of rural English life.

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Famous Jim Crace Quotes

“A hundred years ago no one was silent or tongue-tied, as we are now, when death was in the room. They had not yet muzzled grief or banished it from daily life. Death was cultivated, watered like a plant. There was no need for whispering or mime.”

Death Mourning Death Positive

Book:Being Dead

Source: Being Dead

“Death does not tidy up or sweep as it departs. We all of us leave traces other than the ashes and the bones.”

Death Tidy Sweep

Book:The Melody

Source: The Melody

“My father had osteomyelitis-his left arm was withered between his elbow and his shoulder ... . But the amputation of a Stone Age man called Leaf, a stoneworker, does not relate to my father at all.”

Men Doe Age Father Left Arms Stones Shoulders Relate Leafs Elbows Withered Stone Age Amputation

Author:Jim Crace

“To ask a novelist to talk about his novels is like asking somebody to cook about their dancing.”

Asks Novel Asking Dancing Cooks Novelists

Author:Jim Crace

“Retiring from writing is not to retire from life, but retiring from writing is to avoid the inevitable bitterness which a writing career is bound to deliver as its end product, in almost every case.”

Writing Ends Careers Cases Products Bounds Inevitable Bitterness Retiring

Author:Jim Crace

“There is no remedy for death--or birth--except to hug the spaces in between. Live loud. Live wide. Live tall.”

Space Birth Wide Loud Tall Hug Remedy

Author:Jim Crace

“...crushed between the fears of going forward and the dread of going back.”

Dread Crushed

Author:Jim Crace

“These are the stories that we tell ourselves and only ourselves, and they are better left unshared.”

Stories Left

Author:Jim Crace

“There's solace in the thought that I will never finish missing her.”

Missing Missing Someone Solace Missing Her

Author:Jim Crace

“Secrets are like pregnancies hereabouts. You can hide them for a while but then they will start screaming.”

Secret Pregnancy

Book:Harvest

Source: Harvest

“Try pitching a story of happiness to your editors and their toes are going to curl up.”

Trying Stories Editors Toes Pitching Curls

Author:Jim Crace

“I was captivated by Sherrie Flick's meticulous and intelligent study of Margaret and Vivette, and the men they share. Reconsidering Happiness is a courageously intimate novel about the young women of modern America, their friendships, their betrayals, and their anxious cravings for everything from sex to pastry.”

Men America Young Sex Novel Study Share Modern He Man Intelligent Betrayal Intimate Anxious Young Women Craving Pastries Captivated Meticulous Modern America

Author:Jim Crace

About the Author

Born: March 1, 1946
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 12

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