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"10 Timothy Findley Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 30 October 1930. Died: 21 June 2002 | Novelist | Playwright |

I write against violence. I write against fascism. I write against one person dominating another.

Write Against violence Fascism Person
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There are no beginnings, not even to stories. There are only places where you make an entrance into someone else's life and either stay or turn and go away.

No beginning Stories Only places An entrance
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I still maintain that an ordinary human being has the right to be horrified by a mangled body seen on an afternoon walk.

Maintain Ordinary Human being Right
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He said that in a way being loved is like being told you never have to die.

Being loved Never have To die
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Literature was intended to be dangerous. Art was meant to be dangerous. Ideas were nothing if they were not dangerous.

Literature Intended Dangerous Art
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Nothing so completely verifies our perception of a thing as our killing of it.

Nothing Completely verifies Perception Thing
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People can only be found in what they do.

People Found What They do
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Time is light, time is dark. You either dance, or you fall.

Time Light Dark Dance
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Think of any great man or woman. How can you separate them from the years in which they lived? You can't. Their greatness lies in their response to that moment.

Think Great man Woman Separate them
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They waited. The door did not open. The rain did not stop. The darkness made a tent and covered them completely.

The door Not open Rain Stop
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Timothy Findley Quotes & Sayings