Alden Nowlan Quotes

• The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.

  Alden Nowlan

  Inspirational, Forgiveness, Wise

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• Growing up is never straight forward.
  There are moments when everything is fine, and other moments where you realize that
  there are certain memories that you'll never get back, and certain people that are going to change, and the hardest part is knowing that
  there's nothing you can do except watch them.

  Alden Nowlan

  Growing Up, Memories, Knowing

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• Being a foreigner is not a disease.

  Alden Nowlan

  Disease, Foreigners

  Alden Nowlan (1968). “Miracle at Indian River: stories”, Toronto, Clarke

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• My country has no history, only a past.

  Alden Nowlan

  Country, Past, History

  Alden Nowlan (2004). “Between Tears and Laughter: Selected Poems”, Bloodaxe Books

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• Offhand, the only North American writers I can think of who have come from a background of rural poverty and gone on to write about it have been Negroes.

  Alden Nowlan

  Writing, Thinking, Gone

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