Quotes by James Robertson, And the Land Lay Still

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“Trust the story ... the storyteller may dissemble and deceive, the story can't: the story can only ever be itself.”

“There is something hugely civilised about allowing long pauses in a conversation. Very few people can stand that kind of silence.”

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“Trust the story ... the storyteller may dissemble and deceive, the story can't: the story can only ever be itself.”

— James Robertson, And the Land Lay Still

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“Our ability to look back on the past, our need or desire to make sense of it, is both a blessing and a curse; and our inability to see into the future with any degree of accuracy is, simultaneously...”

— James Robertson, And the Land Lay Still

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“[M]ost people go through life a wee bit disappointed in themselves. I think we all keep a memory of a moment when we missed someone or something, when we could have gone down another path, a happie...”

— James Robertson, And the Land Lay Still

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“There is something hugely civilised about allowing long pauses in a conversation. Very few people can stand that kind of silence.”

— James Robertson, And the Land Lay Still

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“The wide world was changing, and she wanted a different place in it.Not just wanted, but felt she deserved. If the world didn't owe her a living, as her mother repeatedly warned her, it owed her a ...”

— James Robertson, And the Land Lay Still

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“She was convinced the country was about to succumb to revolutionary socialism. Her own circumstances encouraged this belief: just on the edge of the really rich country set, she shared their views ...”

— James Robertson, And the Land Lay Still

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