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Ann Patchett quotes: The quality of a life is defined not by its length, but by its depth, its actions and achievements. It is defined by our ability to love. The quality of a life is defined not by its length, but by its depth, its actions and achievements. It is defined by our ability to love.
Ann Patchett quotes: It was my own special brand of insanity that made me think the trials of Lucy's life could somehow be eased by the order of Tupperware. It was my own special brand of insanity that made me think the trials of Lucy's life could somehow be eased by the order of Tupperware.
Ann Patchett quotes: The story of my marriage, which is the great joy and astonishment of my life, is too much like a fairy tale, the German kind, unsweetened by Disney. The story of my marriage, which is the great joy and astonishment of my life, is too much like a fairy tale, the German kind, unsweetened by Disney.
Ann Patchett quotes: It was never the right time or it was always the right time, depending on how you looked at it. It was never the right time or it was always the right time, depending on how you looked at it.
Ann Patchett quotes: This was the pleasure of a long life: the way some things worked themselves out. This was the pleasure of a long life: the way some things worked themselves out.
Ann Patchett quotes: No, you don't look at the cigarette, you look at me. When you light a cigarette you have to look the person in the eyes. No, you don't look at the cigarette, you look at me. When you light a cigarette you have to look the person in the eyes.
Ann Patchett quotes: People souldn't be allowed to decide that they wished to remain a hostage People souldn't be allowed to decide that they wished to remain a hostage
Ann Patchett quotes: A daughter was a battle between fathers and boys in which the fathers fought valiantly and always lost. A daughter was a battle between fathers and boys in which the fathers fought valiantly and always lost.
Ann Patchett quotes: But we cannot unbraid the story of another person's life and take out all the parts that don't suit our purposes and put forth only the ones that do. But we cannot unbraid the story of another person's life and take out all the parts that don't suit our purposes and put forth only the ones that do.
Ann Patchett quotes: You have to remember that they could go at any time, and if a man's smart he never forgets that. You have to remember that they could go at any time, and if a man's smart he never forgets that.
Ann Patchett quotes: Art is not sin. It's not always good. But it is not a sin. Art is not sin. It's not always good. But it is not a sin.
Ann Patchett quotes: As if the world had become a giant train station in which everything was delayed until further notice. As if the world had become a giant train station in which everything was delayed until further notice.
Ann Patchett quotes: They were lined with the pelts of cast-off teddy bears. There was no vanity in winter. They were lined with the pelts of cast-off teddy bears. There was no vanity in winter.
Ann Patchett quotes: The tricky thing about being a writer, or about being any kind of artist, is that in addition to making art you also have to make a living. The tricky thing about being a writer, or about being any kind of artist, is that in addition to making art you also have to make a living.
Ann Patchett quotes: Forgiveness was at the heart of everything. Because I could not ask, I could not be forgiven. Forgiveness was at the heart of everything. Because I could not ask, I could not be forgiven.
Ann Patchett quotes: The sleep he went back to was never the one he left. The sleep he went back to was never the one he left.
Ann Patchett quotes: The sick were a ferocious lot. They'd walk right through you if they thought that health was on the other side. The sick were a ferocious lot. They'd walk right through you if they thought that health was on the other side.
Ann Patchett quotes: He used to say we all had a compass inside of us and what we needed to do was to find it and to follow it. He used to say we all had a compass inside of us and what we needed to do was to find it and to follow it.
Ann Patchett quotes: They look into the mirror and all they can see is a collection of flaws, They look into the mirror and all they can see is a collection of flaws,
Ann Patchett quotes: I think people become consumed with selling a book when they need to be consumed with writing it. I think people become consumed with selling a book when they need to be consumed with writing it.
Ann Patchett quotes: Had I given equal weight to everyone who had something to say, every story would have turned into a terrible game of Twister (left Had I given equal weight to everyone who had something to say, every story would have turned into a terrible game of Twister (left
Ann Patchett quotes: Sometimes not having any idea where we're going works out better than we could possibly have imagined. Sometimes not having any idea where we're going works out better than we could possibly have imagined.
Ann Patchett quotes: They lived their lives only for the hour that lay ahead of them. They lived their lives only for the hour that lay ahead of them.
Ann Patchett quotes: In the future, he will try to say her name enough, but he never can. In the future, he will try to say her name enough, but he never can.
Ann Patchett quotes: Happiness compresses time, makes it dense and bright, pocketsized. Happiness compresses time, makes it dense and bright, pocketsized.
Ann Patchett quotes: Home, bed, sleep, motherwho knew more beautiful words than these? Home, bed, sleep, mother
who knew more beautiful words than these?
Ann Patchett quotes: my mother knew that no woman thought she was beautiful, or beautiful enough, or beautiful in the right way. my mother knew that no woman thought she was beautiful, or beautiful enough, or beautiful in the right way.
Ann Patchett quotes: The world is full of things we're better off not knowing. The world is full of things we're better off not knowing.
Ann Patchett quotes: Have never subscribed to the notion of "writing what you know," at least not for myself. I don't know enough interesting things. Have never subscribed to the notion of "writing what you know," at least not for myself. I don't know enough interesting things.
Ann Patchett quotes: (Interested in being a better writer? Go buy yourself a copy of The Collected Stories by Grace Paley.) The (Interested in being a better writer? Go buy yourself a copy of The Collected Stories by Grace Paley.) The
Ann Patchett quotes: Their relationship, which had been going on five years, was built on admiration and mutual disbelief. After Their relationship, which had been going on five years, was built on admiration and mutual disbelief. After
Ann Patchett quotes: She was his wife in every way that mattered and that would save her. She was his wife in every way that mattered and that would save her.
Ann Patchett quotes: Your guilt's got nothing on my guilt," Franny said. "Your guilt isn't even in the ballpark. Your guilt's got nothing on my guilt," Franny said. "Your guilt isn't even in the ballpark.
Ann Patchett quotes: you also have to find him or her at a time in life when you're able to listen to, trust, and implement the lessons you receive. The you also have to find him or her at a time in life when you're able to listen to, trust, and implement the lessons you receive. The
Ann Patchett quotes: A pain exploded up high in her chest and spit her out of this terrible world. A pain exploded up high in her chest and spit her out of this terrible world.
Ann Patchett quotes: You can't always trust what you think, what you know ... but you can always trust your nature. You can't always trust what you think, what you know ... but you can always trust your nature.
Ann Patchett quotes: sense trying to make him feel bad about it. She tilted back her glass and went past the gin for a second time. She sense trying to make him feel bad about it. She tilted back her glass and went past the gin for a second time. She
Ann Patchett quotes: Everyone knows everything eventually. Everyone knows everything eventually.
Ann Patchett quotes: Forgiveness, therefore, is key. I can't write the book I want to write, but I can and will write the book I am capable of writing. Forgiveness, therefore, is key. I can't write the book I want to write, but I can and will write the book I am capable of writing.
Ann Patchett quotes: Maybe that was the definition of life everlasting: the belief that the next generation would carry your work forward. Maybe that was the definition of life everlasting: the belief that the next generation would carry your work forward.
Ann Patchett quotes: Without worry to protect me, every thought that came into my mind received real attention. Without worry to protect me, every thought that came into my mind received real attention.
Ann Patchett quotes: She did have friends, she had just made a decision to stay home and experiment with dying. She did have friends, she had just made a decision to stay home and experiment with dying.
Ann Patchett quotes: I don't have any talent for vacations. I don't have any talent for vacations.
Ann Patchett quotes: It's not more complicated than that," she said. "That's all there is: Does he make you better and do you make him better?" Look It's not more complicated than that," she said. "That's all there is: Does he make you better and do you make him better?" Look
Ann Patchett quotes: but sometimes all the right things are as useless as nothing at all. Life, but sometimes all the right things are as useless as nothing at all. Life,
Ann Patchett quotes: Never be so focused on what you're looking for that you overlook the thing you actually find. Never be so focused on what you're looking for that you overlook the thing you actually find.
Ann Patchett quotes: He did not understand how such a short time in this house could have returned him to adolescence. He did not understand how such a short time in this house could have returned him to adolescence.
Ann Patchett quotes: You throw a person in the river and then make a spectacle of jumping in to save them. You throw a person in the river and then make a spectacle of jumping in to save them.
Ann Patchett quotes: I changed along with it. Anything I thought I couldn't do turned out to be something I managed fine. I changed along with it. Anything I thought I couldn't do turned out to be something I managed fine.
Ann Patchett quotes: And there it went, the burden of her lifetime, taken. And there it went, the burden of her lifetime, taken.
Ann Patchett quotes: The terrible crumple and blanch of a lie come undone ... The terrible crumple and blanch of a lie come undone ...
Ann Patchett quotes: She was not one to set her teeth so far into something that she couldn't let go when presented with the truth. She was not one to set her teeth so far into something that she couldn't let go when presented with the truth.
Ann Patchett quotes: You are always someones favorite unfolding story You are always someones favorite unfolding story
Ann Patchett quotes: If I were taking notes, they would read: I see something. A shape? I have no idea. It's not exactly the stuff that literary archives are made of. If I were taking notes, they would read: I see something. A shape? I have no idea. It's not exactly the stuff that literary archives are made of.
Ann Patchett quotes: This was her moment, the perfect now. This was her moment, the perfect now.
Ann Patchett quotes: Hard work is first and foremost hard, and whether or not it's ultimately rewarding is very rarely the thing you're thinking of at the moment. Hard work is first and foremost hard, and whether or not it's ultimately rewarding is very rarely the thing you're thinking of at the moment.
Ann Patchett quotes: Love was action. It came to you. It was not a choice. Love was action. It came to you. It was not a choice.
Ann Patchett quotes: I will write my way into another life. I will write my way into another life.
Ann Patchett quotes: Using your imagination is the one time in life you can really go anywhere. Using your imagination is the one time in life you can really go anywhere.
Ann Patchett quotes: I slept like his sister would have, without trouble or dreams. I slept like his sister would have, without trouble or dreams.
Ann Patchett quotes: Shame should be reserved for the things we choose to do, not the circumstances that life puts on us Shame should be reserved for the things we choose to do, not the circumstances that life puts on us
Ann Patchett quotes: One must not be shy where language is concerned. One must not be shy where language is concerned.
Ann Patchett quotes: Sleep was a country for which he could not obtain a visa. Sleep was a country for which he could not obtain a visa.
Ann Patchett quotes: No matter how much we love a book, the experience of reading it isn't complete until we can give it to someone who will love it as much as we No matter how much we love a book, the experience of reading it isn't complete until we can give it to someone who will love it as much as we do
Ann Patchett quotes: If you're trying to find out what's coming next, turn off everything you own that has an OFF switch and listen. If you're trying to find out what's coming next, turn off everything you own that has an OFF switch and listen.
Ann Patchett quotes: We shared ideas like sweaters, with easy exchange and lack of ownership. We shared ideas like sweaters, with easy exchange and lack of ownership.
Ann Patchett quotes: Art stands on the shoulders of craft, which means that to get to the art, you must master the craft. If you want to write, practice writing. Art stands on the shoulders of craft, which means that to get to the art, you must master the craft. If you want to write, practice writing.
Ann Patchett quotes: Because of her singing they all went away feeling moved, feeling comforted, feeling, perhaps, the slightest tremors of faith. Because of her singing they all went away feeling moved, feeling comforted, feeling, perhaps, the slightest tremors of faith.
Ann Patchett quotes: Teresa kept sitting Teresa kept sitting
Ann Patchett quotes: Until then I'll keep writing things down, both the things I make up and the things that have happened. It is the way I've learned to see my life. Until then I'll keep writing things down, both the things I make up and the things that have happened. It is the way I've learned to see my life.
Ann Patchett quotes: Instead, he was astonished by what he had: the chance to sit beside this woman in the late afternoon light while she read. Instead, he was astonished by what he had: the chance to sit beside this woman in the late afternoon light while she read.
Ann Patchett quotes: It's easier to love a woman when you can't understand a word she's saying. It's easier to love a woman when you can't understand a word she's saying.
Ann Patchett quotes: Time applied equaled work completed. I Time applied equaled work completed. I
Ann Patchett quotes: So was the movie excruciating to watch because nothing was right, or was it excruciating to watch because, impossibly, some things were? Every So was the movie excruciating to watch because nothing was right, or was it excruciating to watch because, impossibly, some things were? Every
Ann Patchett quotes: I believe, in my better moments, that there is a plan and things go not the way we want them to but the way they should. I believe, in my better moments, that there is a plan and things go not the way we want them to but the way they should.
Ann Patchett quotes: Far outside the city the tree frogs were calling her, and the deep, rhythmic pulse of their voices set the blood flow to her heart. Far outside the city the tree frogs were calling her, and the deep, rhythmic pulse of their voices set the blood flow to her heart.
Ann Patchett quotes: His heart woke him up to remind him that in life there was never a limitless number of nights. The His heart woke him up to remind him that in life there was never a limitless number of nights. The
Ann Patchett quotes: Write because you love the art and the discipline, not because you're looking to sell something. Write because you love the art and the discipline, not because you're looking to sell something.
Ann Patchett quotes: Why is it that we understand playing the cello will require work, but we attribute writing to the magic of inspiration? Why is it that we understand playing the cello will require work, but we attribute writing to the magic of inspiration?
Ann Patchett quotes: Love is a rebellious bird that no one can tame Love is a rebellious bird that no one can tame
Ann Patchett quotes: The thing you can count on in life is that Tennessee will always be scorching hot in August. The thing you can count on in life is that Tennessee will always be scorching hot in August.
Ann Patchett quotes: It was a miraculous thing to be able to watch the person you love undetected, It was a miraculous thing to be able to watch the person you love undetected,
Ann Patchett quotes: I don't write for an audience, I don't think whether my book will sell, I don't sell it before I finish writing it. I don't write for an audience, I don't think whether my book will sell, I don't sell it before I finish writing it.
Ann Patchett quotes: Did you ever want to be a writer?" "No," she said, and she would have told him. "I only wanted to be a reader. Did you ever want to be a writer?" "No," she said, and she would have told him. "I only wanted to be a reader.
Ann Patchett quotes: You don't see many shy terrorists. You don't see many shy terrorists.
Ann Patchett quotes: We all have ideas, sometimes good ones, not to mention the gift of emotional turmoil that every childhood provides. We all have ideas, sometimes good ones, not to mention the gift of emotional turmoil that every childhood provides.
Ann Patchett quotes: I had to wait until the thought of not telling you was worse than the thought of telling you. Does I had to wait until the thought of not telling you was worse than the thought of telling you. Does
Ann Patchett quotes: If you grow corn or trade in pigs or write poetry then you go to Iowa City." "That's why I haven't been. If you grow corn or trade in pigs or write poetry then you go to Iowa City." "That's why I haven't been.
Ann Patchett quotes: She was shocked by how bad he looked. Cancer really was the devil's handshake. She was shocked by how bad he looked. Cancer really was the devil's handshake.
Ann Patchett quotes: The three stages of life: youth, middle age, and 'You're looking good, Mr. Keating. The three stages of life: youth, middle age, and 'You're looking good, Mr. Keating.
Ann Patchett quotes: Running, the music flew into him, became the wind that pushed back his hair and the slap of his own feet on the pavement. Running, the music flew into him, became the wind that pushed back his hair and the slap of his own feet on the pavement.
Ann Patchett quotes: What you have to remember about your mother is that she didn't have her own character. She turned into whoever she was sitting next to. When What you have to remember about your mother is that she didn't have her own character. She turned into whoever she was sitting next to. When
Ann Patchett quotes: Clearly he needed a father, but some other father, any other father, would have been preferable. Clearly he needed a father, but some other father, any other father, would have been preferable.
Ann Patchett quotes: Even though I didn't know I was applying for the job, I have somehow become the spokesperson for independent book stores. Even though I didn't know I was applying for the job, I have somehow become the spokesperson for independent book stores.
Ann Patchett quotes: An essential element of being a writer is learning whom to listen to and whom to ignore where your work is concerned. Every An essential element of being a writer is learning whom to listen to and whom to ignore where your work is concerned. Every
Ann Patchett quotes: It makes you wonder. All the brilliant things we might have done with our lives if only we suspected we knew how. It makes you wonder. All the brilliant things we might have done with our lives if only we suspected we knew how.
Ann Patchett quotes: and washing it off in the sink. "Finish up your lunch." "We're starting now?" "Good a and washing it off in the sink. "Finish up your lunch." "We're starting now?" "Good a
Ann Patchett quotes: No one should go into debt to study creative writing. It's simply not worth it. This is not medical school. No one should go into debt to study creative writing. It's simply not worth it. This is not medical school.
Ann Patchett quotes: It was not a musical voice, and yet it affected him like music. It was not a musical voice, and yet it affected him like music.
Ann Patchett quotes: Sometimes if there's a book you really want to read, you have to write it yourself. Sometimes if there's a book you really want to read, you have to write it yourself.

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