Alice Munro
1931
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Quotes
Biography
Alice Munro is a renowned Canadian short story writer who is celebrated for her masterful storytelling and exploration of the human condition. Born in 1931 in Ontario, Munro's works often focus on the complexities of interpersonal relationships, the trials of life in small-town Ontario, and the challenges faced by women in society. Throughout her career, she has received numerous prestigious awards, including the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013, making her the first Canadian woman to receive this honor.
Famous Quotes (5)
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The constant happiness is curiosity.
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Memory is the way we keep telling ourselves our stories.
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An adult cannot give up what a child could not understand in the first place.
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I want the reader to feel something is astonishing. Not the 'what happens' but the way everything happens.
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The complexity of things - the things within things - just seems to be endless. I mean nothing is easy, nothing is simple.