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37 quotes by Kim Edwards

Kim Edwards (born May 4, 1958) is an American author and educator. Her first novel, The Memory Keeper's Daughter (2005), is a New York Times Bestseller, and was honored with the Sainsbury's Popular Fiction Award at the 2008 British Book Awards.
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I love to swim, and I love being near water.

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My first job was in a nursing home - a terrible place in retrospect. It was in an old house, and the residents were so lonely. People rarely visited... →

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The way we behave, our views and outlooks really have their sources some place. They come from somewhere. Sometimes we don't even know what they... →

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Though Lexington is not a small town, it sometimes feels like one, with circles of acquaintance overlapping once, then again; the person you meet by... →

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After 'Memory Keeper's Daughter,' it took me a few months to shut out the world. I really had to turn off the Internet and sort of... →

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I never know as a writer when I set out into a novel where it's going to take me.

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I don't think we'll ever lose the desire for people to tell stories or to hear stories or to be entrapped in a beautiful story.

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It's impossible to control the reception of your work - the only thing you can control is the experience of writing itself, and the work you... →

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William Trevor is an author I admire; his stories are subtle and powerful, and beautifully written.

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As a writer and as a reader, I really believe in the power of narrative to allow us ways to experience life beyond our own, ways to reflect on things... →

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I always talk to my students about the need to write for the joy of writing. I try to sort of disaggregate the acclaim from the act of writing.

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I had a great life even before 'The Memory Keeper's Daughter' took off. I really enjoy teaching.

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I like clothes that are elegant and comfortable.

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