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Jane Rule Quotes - Page 2

All Quotes Art Morality

I was very frightened when I turned forty. I suddenly thought I ought to wake up and be speaking with the voice of God.

I was very frightened when I turned forty. I suddenly thought I ought to wake up and be speaking with the voice of God.

Voice, Wake Up, Frightened

Coming out, all the way out, is offered more and more as the political solution to our oppression.

Political, Way, Oppression

Jane Rule (2013). “Outlander: Short Stories and Essays”, p.247, Open Road Media

I remember how surprised I was when my first novel was about to be published and I was informed that I could be sued for anything any one of my characters said. 'But I often don't agree with what they say,' I protested. The lawyer was not interested in the clear distinction I make between my own voice and the voices of my characters. Neither, I have found, are many of my readers.

Character, Voice, Firsts

Jane Rule (2013). “Outlander: Short Stories and Essays”, p.213, Open Road Media

Conventions, like clichés, have a way of surviving their own usefulness.

Way, Conventions, Surviving

Jane Rule (2013). “Desert of the Heart: A Novel”, p.4, Open Road Media

I believe only in art and failure.

Art, Believe, I Believe

Writing is far too hard work to say what someone else wants me to. Serving it as a craft, using it as a way of growing in my own understanding, seems to me to be a beautiful way to live. And if that product is shareable with other people, so much the better.

Beautiful, Hard Work, Writing

The terrifying message of gay liberation is that men are capable of loving their brothers. It should be sweet news to every womanin the world, for, if the capacity of men to love whom they have been taught to treat as competitors and enemies can transcend their education, the world can begin to heal.

Sweet, Brother, Gay

Jane Rule (2013). “A Hot-Eyed Moderate: Essays”, p.140, Open Road Media

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