15 Quotes & Sayings By Megan Chance

Megan Chance is an American author, blogger, and entrepreneur. Her blog, The Art of Randomness , offers storytelling, writing, and art projects for creatives. Her short story collection, "The Way of the Brush," was published in 2014 by Penguin Random House. She is currently working on a novel for Penguin Random House Read more

She lives in Oregon with her husband and daughter.

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Imagine you come upon a house painted brown. What color would you say the house was?"" Why brown, of course."" But what if I came upon it from the other side, and found it to be white?"" That would be absurd. Who would paint a house two colors?" He ignored my question. "You say it's brown, and I say it's white. Who's right?"" We're both right."" Non, " he said. "We're both wrong. The house isn't brown or white. It's both. You and I only see one side. But that doesn't mean the other side doesn't exist. To not see the whole is to not see the truth. Megan Chance
The answers are what they are. Just because you don't...
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The answers are what they are. Just because you don't like them doesn't mean they aren't true. Megan Chance
The only truth was whatever you could make someone believe.
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The only truth was whatever you could make someone believe. Megan Chance
Sight is one of the most easily deceived senses. I...
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Sight is one of the most easily deceived senses. I could make a coin disappear and your eyes would believe it gone, even if it were merely up my sleeve. Megan Chance
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The material world is simply an expression of the mind; that's what so many fail to see. We're so dependent on what is before us that we discount our intuition. Yet if one dismisses instinct, how can one understand or believe in a world that exists beyond one's sight? Megan Chance
Trying to justify a world we don't hold all the...
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Trying to justify a world we don't hold all the answers to is what bedevils the best of us. Sometimes it's better just to accept that things are as we see them. Megan Chance
It seems all spirits need theatrics, eh? Even Christ himself...
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It seems all spirits need theatrics, eh? Even Christ himself requires incense and holy water. We're a skeptical people. We need convincing. Megan Chance
People forget that old women were young once, but d'you...
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People forget that old women were young once, but d'you think we old women forget? In my heart, I'm still thirty. Megan Chance
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In the end, there's only one thing you can believe. Bodies are honest; they don't lie. Megan Chance
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Impatient men are generous ones. Or haven't you learned that by now? Megan Chance
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Calling it lunacy makes it easier to explain away the things we don't understand. Megan Chance
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Answers? Ha, he would say that. More like riddles, mazes, labyrinths. If there's some power trying to show me the way, it should give better directions. Megan Chance
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You learned to run from what you feel, and that's why you have nightmares. To deny is to invite madness. To accept is to control. Megan Chance
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All life's a risk, that's what makes it interesting. Megan Chance