Miriam Toews quote: "Things shouldn't hinge on so very little. Sneeze and you're highway carnage. Remove one tiny stone and you're an avalanche statistic. But I guess if you can die without ever understanding how it happened then you can also live without a complete understanding of how. And in a way that's kind of relaxing."

Writing helps me to create order out of chaos and make sense of things. It helps me to understand wh...
MIRIAM TOEWS

A person might see that I've blurbed a certain book and decide they want nothing to do with it! ...
MIRIAM TOEWS

The whole notion of pain, and how every individual experiences pain, is up for debate. We don't ...
MIRIAM TOEWS

The theme of sisters - of missing sisters, of needing sisters, the special love that sisters share o...
MIRIAM TOEWS

'Cue for Treason,' by Geoffrey Trease, radicalized my young girl brain and made me want to b...
MIRIAM TOEWS

Perhaps depression is caused by asking oneself too many unanswerable questions.
MIRIAM TOEWS

The dump was kind of like a department store for Ray, but even more like a holy cementery where he c...
MIRIAM TOEWS

The other day I found her passport in her drawer when I was putting away my dad's laundered handkerc...
MIRIAM TOEWS

That to truly know happiness is to know the fleeting nature of everything, joy, pain, safety and hap...
MIRIAM TOEWS

A lot of times, people think that it doesn't make sense for people to be depressed when they hav...
MIRIAM TOEWS

A writer is always, always searching, even against her will, against all her better instincts, for t...
MIRIAM TOEWS

I have a problem with beginnings... and endings... and middles. But I don't know what else I wou...
MIRIAM TOEWS

Canada has, at times, represented itself as a country in a valiant struggle against powerful and men...
MIRIAM TOEWS

There are people who are just suicidal, regardless. They are built to self-destruct. It seems, in my...
MIRIAM TOEWS

The requests for blurbs seem to come in waves. I'm not sure what precipitates them. I think it m...
MIRIAM TOEWS

She was becoming sad. There is no joy involved in following others' expectations of yourself.
MIRIAM TOEWS

In writing fiction, I can be free. I can use my life. The raw material is my experiences.
MIRIAM TOEWS

He's in love with the notion of shame and he traffics the shit like a schoolground pusher, spreading...
MIRIAM TOEWS

I stare out the window and reflect on the similarity between writing and saving a life and the inevi...
MIRIAM TOEWS

He would be admitting to himself that life has suddenly become very short, very precious, that soon ...
MIRIAM TOEWS

When everything does seem out of control, writing fiction is a way I can order that chaos and restor...
MIRIAM TOEWS

One night I heard my dad say to my mom: I can't help but think of the good times we're having now as...
MIRIAM TOEWS

My dad started taking me to Winnipeg games when I was 3 or 4. As a kid, I loved Wayne Gretzky, and I...
JONATHAN TOEWS

I think whenever anyone asked me why I wanted to be a hockey player, that's where it all started...
JONATHAN TOEWS

All the people that come out and show their support and their pride for your accomplishments, I thin...
JONATHAN TOEWS

It was good just to string a few shifts together and start playing as a team and getting one good sh...
JONATHAN TOEWS

Because of the gas prices we're seeing our traffic pretty much double.
JASON TOEWS

The real wild card in pump price is crude oil.
JASON TOEWS

I would not be surprised for the national average to go up to $3.20 to $3.40 this summer.
JASON TOEWS

This man is absolutely panicking and is just throwing up something and hoping something sticks again...
VIC TOEWS

Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permane...
MIRIAM BEARD

From my earliest days, reading was my passion, and at Cambridge, where I studied English literature,...
MIRIAM MARGOLYES

But if you are going to wear blinders then you do not know the world.
MIRIAM MAKEBA

I don't think people realise how important it is to have your blood pressure checked. Stroke is ...
MIRIAM MARGOLYES

I don't care what I look like. I must be comfortable. Some of my friends have plastic surgery an...
MIRIAM MARGOLYES

Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their well-being.
MIRIAM MAKEBA

I think life is sweeter shared; and if anything were to happen to my partner, I would find it really...
MIRIAM MARGOLYES

I don't for a second regret my closeness to them because they were wonderful, golden parents who...
MIRIAM MARGOLYES

With television, attention spans have been shortened. It's something we have to fight against: t...
MIRIAM MARGOLYES

Everybody now admits that apartheid was wrong, and all I did was tell the people who wanted to know ...
MIRIAM MAKEBA

You are damned and praised, or encouraged or discouraged by those who listen to you, and those who c...
MIRIAM MAKEBA

I want a comfortable old age and to be looked after - I have arthritis - and money is a factor.
MIRIAM MARGOLYES

I can't recall a bad review - maybe I'm due one. But the worst thing would be if somebody sa...
MIRIAM MARGOLYES

Old people have a much better time in India because they're respected.
MIRIAM MARGOLYES

My feeling is that the English are naturally anti-Semitic.
MIRIAM MARGOLYES

I look at an ant and I see myself: a native South African, endowed by nature with a strength much gr...
MIRIAM MAKEBA

It's a really unfair world because life is, where I am; all day long we listen to American music...
MIRIAM MAKEBA

While researching my ancestry I have unearthed many skeletons. It would seem that I come from a long...
MIRIAM MARGOLYES

I'm a silly little needy person sometimes, and I crouch in a room all alone and think of all the...
MIRIAM MARGOLYES

And why is our music called world music? I think people are being polite. What they want to say is t...
MIRIAM MAKEBA

Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent...
MIRIAM BEARD

Leisure for reverie, gay or somber, does much to enrich life.
MIRIAM BEARD

Age iswisdom, if one has lived one's life properly.
MIRIAM MAKEBA

I studied English literature in university, and then I went straight into radio.
MIRIAM MARGOLYES

The violin came naturally, and it really fit me. When I picked it up (and placed it under the chin),...
MIRIAM BURNS

The lunch break helps you stay focused and energized throughout the day by recharging both your body...
MIRIAM JACOBS

Stock up on unique condiments and sandwich toppings that can make each sandwich different. Or you ca...
MIRIAM JACOBS

[According to lunchtime expert Miriam Jacobs, author of The Brown Bag Lunch Cookbook and The School ...
MIRIAM JACOBS

Plan a relaxing activity during your break. Maybe it's something you really enjoy doing, but think y...
MIRIAM JACOBS

Work together to make lists of foods your kids like and you approve of, and fill their lunch boxes w...
MIRIAM JACOBS

[* Make Each Lunch Special: Jacobs says it's important to know a child's lunchtime favorites and inv...
MIRIAM JACOBS

[* Some Me Time: There are many things to do during the lunch hour, but Jacobs reminds people that l...
MIRIAM JACOBS

People tend to think I'm funny and fluffy, but I can switch on a sixpence from extreme happiness...
MIRIAM MARGOLYES

I have to go and say farewell to all the countries that I have been to, if I can. I am 73 now, it is...
MIRIAM MAKEBA

For instance, we're always fighting amongst each other. Who gives us the arms? And then we becom...
MIRIAM MAKEBA

Sydney has taken my money, Melbourne has my respect, but Adelaide has taken my heart; I shall return...
MIRIAM MARGOLYES

My partner of 45 years is Australian, and a big part of her character is that marvellous quality of ...
MIRIAM MARGOLYES

Adelaide's charms are compelling. It's not a huge place; the size is manageable, the traffic...
MIRIAM MARGOLYES

I look at a stream and I see myself: a native South African, flowing irresistibly over hard obstacle...
MIRIAM MAKEBA

Age is getting to know all the ways the world turns, so that if you cannot turn the world the way yo...
MIRIAM MAKEBA

Age is…wisdom, if one has lived one's life properly.
MIRIAM MAKEBA

Mama Africa.
MIRIAM MAKEBA

I, for one, get rather annoyed when I settle into a nice bubble bath with some Belgian chocolate and...
MIRIAM NADEL

That's wonderful. And what did you do with the money?
MIRIAM HOPKINS

You know, my dear, I insured my voice for fifty thousand dollars.
MIRIAM HOPKINS

I have to keep working because, although I have land, I'm not cash rich and don't have the w...
MIRIAM MARGOLYES

It's shameful to admit, but it's been a bit of a lifelong affair, and I do now feel I'm ...
MIRIAM MARGOLYES

Being a cover conductor is really like being an assistant conductor because I'm there as the orchest...
MIRIAM BURNS

Well there is a lot of work here for younger and older musicians now. Our Ministry of Culture has no...
MIRIAM MAKEBA

Never raise your hand to your children; it leaves your midsection unprotected.
MIRIAM ROBBINS

This accolade spotlights the increasingly high expectations of today's discerning consumers who trav...
MIRIAM AROND

Today's children are very opinionated. You have kids that only want to wear pink, or only want to we...
MIRIAM AROND

Children's wear is such an important part of the fashion market. Just about every big designer is go...
MIRIAM AROND

Touching is extremely exciting for children. It eliminates the distance between children and art.
MIRIAM AROND

People are waiting longer to have kids, so they have more disposable income to spend when they final...
MIRIAM AROND

Although I have spent this book ranting about supper, you may have noticed that, underneath it all, ...
MIRIAM WEINSTEIN

Mummy was absolutely the rock in my life. It was not that I didn't love my father; he was such a...
MIRIAM MARGOLYES

I titled the album Reflections because I am reflecting on my music career.
MIRIAM MAKEBA

They thought that would silence the opposition. They thought nobody would find out, so we started hi...
MIRIAM LEIVA

I look at an ant and l see myself: a native South African, endowed by nature with a strength much gr...
MIRIAM MAKEBA

I had to put down the violin. It was devastating. . . . But if it hadn't happened I never would have...
MIRIAM BURNS

[Tips From a Lunchtime Expert According to lunchtime expert Miriam Jacobs, author of The Brown Bag L...
MIRIAM JACOBS

One must learn, if one is to see the beauty in Japan, to like an extraordinarily restrained and deli...
MIRIAM BEARD

Wherever we go, across the Pacific or Atlantic, we meet, not similarity so much as 'the bizarre'. Th...
MIRIAM BEARD

It's only very recently that women have succeeded in entering those professions which, as Muses, the...
MIRIAM BEARD

The results of philanthropy are always beyond calculation.
MIRIAM BEARD

قد لا يكون من الشائع الحديث في تلك المسألة، ولكن في الو�...
MIRIAM GROSSMAN

I enjoy finding the right word and giving each its full measure, its full space in a sentence.
MIRIAM MARGOLYES

I don't have a very positive attitude towards rappers.
MIRIAM MARGOLYES

I was waiting for a train at Waverley Station in Edinburgh. My knee was hurting, so I asked a young ...
MIRIAM MARGOLYES

People who were gay were pitied and ridiculed by my parents - they had no modern sense of people bei...
MIRIAM MARGOLYES

I do wear tails . . . I think it would be distracting to wear a long dress. You have to look ultra-f...
MIRIAM BURNS

I'd have thought my particular brand of quirkiness, combined with sharp intelligence and a fine ...
MIRIAM MARGOLYES

I think Britain is a bit class-ridden. People tend to be judged by how rounded their vowels are.
MIRIAM MARGOLYES

Where I think the American actor is slightly at a disadvantage is in vocal technique. I don't th...
MIRIAM MARGOLYES

Communication is something we all take for granted.
MIRIAM MARGOLYES

There's a strong melancholic streak in me.
MIRIAM MARGOLYES

Confidence was the backbone of my upbringing. I was an only child, so I was spoilt, loved, and given...
MIRIAM MARGOLYES

In terms of my development as an artist, playing Professor Sprout wasn't all that important beca...
MIRIAM MARGOLYES

Ours was a marriage, a love affair -- the land would nurture us, and we would honor the land. But th...
MIRIAM MAKEBA

Our research shows that a program of strength training not only improves bone density but reduces fa...
MIRIAM NELSON

Every parent wants to go.
MIRIAM RICHMOND

The interest rate differential is huge between fixed- income investments domestically and abroad.
MIRIAM TAVARES

Originally in the United States, there were no laws regulating behavioral advertising. As a result, ...
MIRIAM DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO

What makes me angry is when people know what is right but have, over the years, attuned themselves t...
MIRIAM DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO

Since we all know that death is inevitable, I don't really see the difference between dying now ...
MIRIAM DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO

I don't think so-called high technology matters in death. I think they had high technology befor...
MIRIAM DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO

The Dalai Lama has taught me that the best way to live life is to try and avoid desire. Desire is re...
MIRIAM DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO

The Philippines must ensure that it adopts, as much as possible, an equi-balancing strategy towards ...
MIRIAM DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO

Numerically, half of our high-ranking government officials should be women, and half should be men. ...
MIRIAM DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO

Research shows that when women are empowered as political leaders, countries often experience higher...
MIRIAM DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO

Obviously, the Philippines or any regional state can never match Chinese defense spending, but we wi...
MIRIAM DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO

I articulate the deepest need of the Filipino people, which is reform of a corrupt culture.
MIRIAM DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO

I refuse for any person or organized group to dictate to me what God is. That is really the height o...
MIRIAM DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO

Experience has shown us that attempts to control the Internet will invariably fail. We should be ins...
MIRIAM DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO

We are legislators, not public works contractors. People look up to us to make serious laws that cou...
MIRIAM DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO

There is nothing wrong with centralizing the budget in Manila. We are such a small country.
MIRIAM DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO

That's the very essence of pork barrelism, when you give a huge lump sum to a person and say, &#...
MIRIAM DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO

I believe they don?t want to put a stop to these investigations because they want to oust the Presid...
MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO

Sexy is the attraction that is given as an encomium to women or men, or the capacity to attract the ...
MIRIAM DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO

Planet Earth is estimated to have a lifetime of nine billion years. And we're right smack in the...
MIRIAM DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO

I have no one at my side except God and His angels. I pray to God that He will turn my enemies into ...
MIRIAM DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO

The cancer that demands our urgent attention is corruption and poverty.
MIRIAM DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO

Society leaders have urged me to seek the presidency.
MIRIAM DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO

My father said, 'Aren't you going to do anything to help people? We have a whole rack of rel...
MIRIAM DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO

I want to be known as Terminator 2.
MIRIAM DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO

I do not have any strong desire to remain in government. When my task is done, I shall be happy to l...
MIRIAM DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO

Science fiction deals with improbable possibilities, fantasy with plausible impossibilities.
MIRIAM ALLEN DE FORD

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