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I love my mother so much, because I see the whole of her.

~Alexandra Fuller

Topics: Because Her Love Mother Much See Whole I See I Love

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I always knew mum loved me - tough, look-after-yourself love, as if she knew she wouldn't always be there.

~Alexandra Fuller

Topics: Always Knew Love Loved Me Mum She Tough

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In ways I don't entirely have the words for, an experience, thought or a lesson isn't real for me until I've written down.

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Topics: Down Entirely Experience Lesson Me Real Thought Until Ways Words Written

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In general, I almost always watch foreign films.

~Alexandra Fuller

Topics: Almost Always Films Foreign General Watch

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I listen mostly to classical music.

~Alexandra Fuller

Topics: Classical Classical Music Listen Mostly Music

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I am becoming increasingly difficult to please as a reader, but I adore being surprised by a really wonderful book, written by someone I've never heard of before.

~Alexandra Fuller

Topics: Adore Am Becoming Before Being Book Difficult Heard Increasingly Never Please Reader Really Someone Surprised Wonderful Written I Am

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There's a point at which writing a book, or a long article, begins to feel like mental labor, and it's too painful to connect in the world in any real way mid-process. The only way to survive is to write until it is all said and done.

~Alexandra Fuller

Topics: Any Article Begins Book Connect Done Feel Labor Like Long Mental Only Painful Point Real Said Survive To Survive Too Until Way Which World Write Writing

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The memoirs that have come out of Africa are sometimes startlingly beautiful, often urgent, and essentially life-affirming, but they are all performances of courage and honesty.

~Alexandra Fuller

Topics: Africa Beautiful Come Courage Essentially Honesty Memoirs Often Out Performance Sometimes Urgent

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I think that being raised the way I was, where everything was so uncompromising, where, you know, we're prepared to fight to the death for the soil that you believed belonged to you - that kind of extreme engagement is very difficult to flush out of your system - or your belief system, anyway.

~Alexandra Fuller

Topics: Anyway Being Belief Believed Belonged Death Difficult Engagement Everything Extreme Fight Kind Know Out Prepared Raised Soil System Think Uncompromising Very Way Where You Your I Think

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I think there's a big difference between loving someone out of duty and dependency and loving someone because you really are able to sort of grow and be whole in the context of that relationship.

~Alexandra Fuller

Topics: Able Because Between Big Big Difference Context Dependency Difference Duty Grow Loving Out Really Relationship Someone Sort Think Whole You I Think

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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