Stories do not change the world. I've learned that. But perhaps in some secret, subtle way. . . … - Carol Emshwiller - Quotesmemo.com

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As different as we are from one another, as unique as each one of us is, we are much more the same than we are different. That may be the most essential message of all, as we help our children grow toward being caring, compassionate, and charitable adults.

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Carol Emshwiller

Stories do not change the world. I've learned that. But perhaps in some secret, subtle way. . . I mean it's not the world I want to change.

Change, Mean, Perhaps, Secret, Writing

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Maybe it’s animalness that will make the world right again: the wisdom of elephants, the enthusiasm of canines, the grace of snakes, the mildness of anteaters. Perhaps being human needs some diluting.

Canines, Elephants, Grace, Snakes, Wisdom

I always had plenty of ideas. I didn’t exactly have them. They grew—little by little, a half an idea at a time. First, part of a phrase and then a person to go with it. After a person, then a little corner of a place for the person to be in.

Idea, Ideas, Person, Phrases, Place, Writing

May we all soon go about as our real selves and take joy in it, saying, yes, yes, to whatever we are.

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Ah, but is it not the mind that is the real grace of Homo sapiens? All the things to think about! All the things to read and appreciate! All the arts! All the things of the spirit!

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I shall love my kind of love anyway, doggedly, for I must certainly do the best I can with my own nature and if my nature is to love too well or from afar or to be grateful for crumbs. . . well, so be it.

Afar, Anyway, Grateful, Kind, Love, Nature

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