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May 15, 2024

Alice Munro's wise words on love and life

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Alice Munro

Often called the ‘Canadian Chekhov’, Alice Munro is known for capturing the darkness and dreams of ordinary rural life in Canada, especially women's. She died on May 13, 2024, at 92. Remembering the Nobel Literature Laureate, here we list down some of her quotes.

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On moving on

“There is a limit to the amount of misery and disarray you will put up with, for love, just as there is a limit to the amount of mess you can stand around a house. You can't know the limit beforehand, but you will know when you've reached it. I believe this.”― Alice Munro

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On people's true nature

“Never underestimate the meanness in people's souls... Even when they're being kind... especially when they're being kind.”― Alice Munro

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On love

“Love removes the world for you, and just as surely when it's going well as when it's going badly.”― Alice Munro

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On forgiveness

“We say of some things that they can't be forgiven, or that we will never forgive ourselves. But we do--we do it all the time.”― Alice Munro

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On people

"In your life there are a few places, or maybe only the one place, where something happened, and then there are all the other places."– Alice Munro

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On innocence and growing up

“Every year, when you're a child, you become a different person.”― Alice Munro

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On love and longing

“And at the end of his letter one terrible sentence.'If I loved you I would have written differently.”― Alice Munro

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On true love

“Love dies all the time, or at any rate it becomes distracted, overlaid--it might as well be dead.”― Alice Munro

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