Annie Proulx Quotes

The thing American people fear about corporations is that they might achieve too much power. We have an antipathy to power even as we admire it.

In every life there are events that reshape one's sense of existence. Afterward, all is different and the past is dimmed.

When the watermelons were as large as a child's head, the women boiled them, but they collapsed into a tasteless green mush that no one could eat, not the children, not the cow.

Quoyle experienced moments in all colors, uttered brilliancies, paid attention to the rich sound of waves counting stones, he laughed and wept, noticed sunsets, heard music in rain, said I do.

You’ve got a chance to start out all over again. A new place, new people, new sights. A clean slate. See, you can be anything you want with a fresh start.