Ann Packer Quotes

How Much Do We Owe People We Love?

Some weeks there's no writing, and some weeks are full of writing.

You know what 'congregate' means? It's from the Latin. 'Greg' means herd. 'Con' means with. We're with our herd.

Read everything! I believe that reading made me a writer.

Matrimony, he began to think, was a cure for an illness he hadn't known he had.

A broken heart can masquerade as a cold one.

Such is the lot of the narcissist's child, to inherit her parent's umbrage over the world's indifference.

right? But no. Don't hitchhike, the driver

The hard thing for me is to say no to people.

She was one of those people who seemed to regard busyness as a contest you could win.
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Yes, I do sew. I started when I was around 8 or 9 and have been doing it off and on since then.