24 Quotes & Sayings By Robert Brault

Robert Brault is a writer, editor, and teacher who lives in St. Paul, Minnesota. He holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Minnesota and has taught at St. Olaf College, St Read more

Catherine University, and the University of St. Thomas, where he was the first chair of the Department of Creative Writing. His short stories have appeared in national literary journals, including The Oklahoma Review, The Missouri Review, and The Northwest Review.

He is the author of four novels for young adults: All That I Am (2012), The Irrational Season (2012), The Irrational Life (2013), and Our Lady of the Black Stone (2014). Robert Brault (@RobertBrault) is also a contributing writer to Salon.

Having perfected our disguise, we spend our lives searching for...
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Having perfected our disguise, we spend our lives searching for someone we don’t fool. Robert Brault
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Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true. Robert Brault
If you cannot forgive and forget, pick one.
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If you cannot forgive and forget, pick one. Robert Brault
Most of us don't need a psychiatric therapist as much...
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Most of us don't need a psychiatric therapist as much as a friend to be silly with. Robert Brault
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Do not call any work menial until you have watched a proud person do it. Robert Brault
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Nature decrees that we do not exceed the speed of light. All other impossibilities are optional. Robert Brault
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A family is a group of people who keep confusing you with someone you were as a kid. Robert Brault
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I Have Found that If You Love Life Life will Love You Back Robert Brault
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I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar Robert Brault
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Stay out of the court of self-judgment, for there is no presumption of innocence. Robert Brault
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Looking back you realize that a very special person passed briefly through your life and that person was you. It is not too late to become that person again. Robert Brault
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Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got. Robert Brault
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There are exactly as many special occasions in life as we choose to celebrate. Robert Brault
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There is no such thing as gratitude unexpressed. If it is unexpressed, it is plain, old-fashioned ingratitude. Robert Brault
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I count myself lucky, having long ago won a lottery paid to me in seven sunrises a week for life. Robert Brault
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The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser―in case you thought optimism was dead. Robert Brault
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In a soulmate we find not company, but a completed solitude. Robert Brault
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Conscience is less an inner voice than the memory of a mother's glance. Robert Brault
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I have found that winning isn't everything, and, in fact, in the relationships I most care about, it isn't anything. Robert Brault
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The advantage of growing up with siblings is that you become very good at fractions. Robert Brault
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Enjoy the little things for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. Robert Brault
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Today I bent the truth to be kind and I have no regret for I am far surer of what is kind that I am of what is true. Robert Brault
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The average pencil is seven inches long with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead. Robert Brault