Annie Proulx Quotes
born 1935 United States
Edna Annie Proulx (born August 22, 1935) is an American journalist and author, best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Shipping News and her short story Brokeback Mountain.
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Also known as: E. Annie Proulx, The Shipping News
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All stemmed from Quoyle's chief failure, a failure of normal appearance.
And three lucky stones strung on a wire to keep the house safe.
The ocean twitched like a vast cloth spread over snakes.
“I loathe interviews and getting me to sit still for a whole day is unprecedented.”
It was not until the next evening that he discovered he had a page from Leviticus stuck to his back.
Quoyle, who spoke little himself, inspired talkers. His only skill in the game of life
'Dad, are we scared?' said Sunshine. 'No, honey. It's an adventure.
Quoyle large, white, stumbling along going nowhere
The future flickered before him as a likely series of disappointments.
That world he wanted them to know had vanished as smoke deserts the dying embers that made it.
We run a car wreck photo every week, whether we have a car wreck or not. That's our golden rule.
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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Annie Proulx (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.