Douglas Kennedy (writer) Quotes

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We all talk about how much we hate lies. Yet we prefer, so often, to be lied to....because it allows us to dodge all those painful truths we'd rather not hear.

Douglas Kennedy
We can rarely tell others what we really think about them—not just because it would so wound them, but also because it would so wound ourselves.

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Because there is no meaning to be found in the arbitrary nature of things., It's all random. Just as space is blue. And birds fly through it.

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The only time you truly become an adult is when you finally forgive your parents for being just as flawed as everyone else.

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There were moments when I felt seriously unhinged; when I was convinced that I would never, ever recover from what had happened, when it was absolutely clear to me that life from this point on would be constant agony...

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We all want to fix things. Just as we all believe that so much in life can be rectified. Mend fences, build bridges, reach out, engage in mutual healing.

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If there is an abiding theme in 'The Pursuit of Happiness,' it is the idea that you come into the world already shaped by other people's past histories.

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We don't like admitting this, but it is a key component of human existence: the fact that life has the potential for things both wondrous and horrific.

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Tragedy is one of the larger prices we pay for being alive. No one ever sidesteps tragedy. It is always there, shadowing us.

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The decision to write full time was made when I was twenty-eight years old and had just had two small plays accepted for BBC Radio.

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All our stories are simultaneously unique and desperately similar, aren't they?

Douglas Kennedy