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Quote by Tobias Wolff

“We are made to persist. that's how we find out who we are.”

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Tobias Wolff is an American author known for his short stories and memoirs. His works often explore themes of personal identity, family relationships, and social change. Born in June 1945, Wolff began his writing career in the 1970s. more

“Every life is inexplicable, I kept telling myself. No matter how many facts are told, no matter how many details are given, the essential thing resists telling. To say that so and so was born here and went there, that he did this and did that, that he married this woman and had these children, that he lived, that he died, that he left behind these books or this battle or that bridge – none of that tells us very much.”

Children Book Matter Facts Life Is Left Given Born Behinds Battle Essentials Married Died Details Bridges Left Behind Inexplicable

Author:Paul Auster

“It's better to dance than to march through life.”

Creativity Dancing March

Author:Yoko Ono

“His face was very heavily creased, and into each crease he had tucked some worry or other, so that it wasn't really his face any longer, but more like a tree that had nests of birds in all of the branches. He had to struggle constantly to manage it and always looked worn out from the effort.”

Faces Effort Worry Struggle Tree Bird Manage Branches Worn Nests Worn Out Memories Of A Geisha

Book:Memoirs Of A Geisha

Source: Memoirs Of A Geisha

“Da mihi castitatem et continentiam, sed noli modo (Give me chastity and continence, but not just yet)!”

Giving Give Me Chastity

Author:Saint Augustine

“On the off chance that you have children, don't clean up at all. As children, my brother and sister and I loved waking up early and playing cocktail party with the leftover debris”

Children Women Chance Party Brother Wake Up Clean My Brother Waking Brothers And Sisters Cocktails Up Early Debris Cocktail Parties Waking Up Early

Author:Amy Sedaris

“As I let go of the past, the past let go of me.”

Past Letting Go

Author:Keith Donohue

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