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Anthony Marra quotes: No one can take what's inside your head once it's there. No one can take what's inside your head once it's there.
Anthony Marra quotes: What divine imagination could conjure something so imperfect as life? What divine imagination could conjure something so imperfect as life?
Anthony Marra quotes: A meteorologist might beg to differ, but weather prediction was an act of infidel witchcraft that could not be trusted. A meteorologist might beg to differ, but weather prediction was an act of infidel witchcraft that could not be trusted.
Anthony Marra quotes: Don't insult me. Everyone knows a turtle is a crustacean on its mother's side. Don't insult me. Everyone knows a turtle is a crustacean on its mother's side.
Anthony Marra quotes: She could spend the whole afternoon rebuilding it, repopulating it, until the hallucination became the more believable reality. She could spend the whole afternoon rebuilding it, repopulating it, until the hallucination became the more believable reality.
Anthony Marra quotes: A mind to feeble to tell the time of day can still get the right blood to the right places, he thought. A mind to feeble to tell the time of day can still get the right blood to the right places, he thought.
Anthony Marra quotes: Time became more important the closer to death one was, so an extra few hours to make peace with the world were worth more than years. Time became more important the closer to death one was, so an extra few hours to make peace with the world were worth more than years.
Anthony Marra quotes: If God has a voice, it is ours. If God has a voice, it is ours.
Anthony Marra quotes: There are so many paths to contentment if you're open to self-delusion. There are so many paths to contentment if you're open to self-delusion.
Anthony Marra quotes: You are a coward,' she said, and with that one word wrote a denunciation, a biography, and a prophecy. You are a coward,' she said, and with that one word wrote a denunciation, a biography, and a prophecy.
Anthony Marra quotes: Hurt burrowed deeper than anything she'd ever felt, deep enough to change from the thing she felt to the thing she was. Hurt burrowed deeper than anything she'd ever felt, deep enough to change from the thing she felt to the thing she was.
Anthony Marra quotes: Invader and invaded held on to their fistfuls of earth, but in the end, the earth outlived the hands that held it. Invader and invaded held on to their fistfuls of earth, but in the end, the earth outlived the hands that held it.
Anthony Marra quotes: Who wins? The Americans or the Russians?" "Both," his father said, glancing to the frost-filled windowpane. "Then who loses?" "Everyone else. Who wins? The Americans or the Russians?" "Both," his father said, glancing to the frost-filled windowpane. "Then who loses?" "Everyone else.
Anthony Marra quotes: Those who have the bullets also have the bandages. Those who have the bullets also have the bandages.
Anthony Marra quotes: When he felt like a criminal, he reminded himself that a land without law is a land without crime. When he felt like a criminal, he reminded himself that a land without law is a land without crime.
Anthony Marra quotes: The future is the lie with which we justify the brutality of the present. The future is the lie with which we justify the brutality of the present.
Anthony Marra quotes: He had memorized the entire Qur'an and lectured on the nature of evil, which, like a shadow, cannot exist independently of the good silhouettes. He had memorized the entire Qur'an and lectured on the nature of evil, which, like a shadow, cannot exist independently of the good silhouettes.
Anthony Marra quotes: I'm a little disappointed. You spent five years in London and all I get is a doll?" "The real gift was my absence." Finally, a smile. I'm a little disappointed. You spent five years in London and all I get is a doll?" "The real gift was my absence." Finally, a smile.
Anthony Marra quotes: Some people need at least a thousand kilometers between them to stay happily married. But Some people need at least a thousand kilometers between them to stay happily married. But
Anthony Marra quotes: A single whisper can be quite a disturbance when the rest of the audience is silent. A single whisper can be quite a disturbance when the rest of the audience is silent.
Anthony Marra quotes: The stomach is not the only vital organ that hungers. The stomach is not the only vital organ that hungers.
Anthony Marra quotes: I had assumed I'd pack my bags and head elsewhere after 'Constellation,' but Chechnya is creeping its way into the margins of my second book. I had assumed I'd pack my bags and head elsewhere after 'Constellation,' but Chechnya is creeping its way into the margins of my second book.
Anthony Marra quotes: She wanted to hold foreign syllables like mints on her tongue until they dissolved into fluency. She wanted to hold foreign syllables like mints on her tongue until they dissolved into fluency.
Anthony Marra quotes: You remain the hero of your own story even when you become the villain of someone else's. You remain the hero of your own story even when you become the villain of someone else's.
Anthony Marra quotes: She wouldn't climb out of the bed for her sister, but she had climbed into a crater. She wouldn't cross a room, but she had crossed a continent. She wouldn't climb out of the bed for her sister, but she had climbed into a crater. She wouldn't cross a room, but she had crossed a continent.
Anthony Marra quotes: Turning I would into I did is the grammar of growing up. Turning I would into I did is the grammar of growing up.
Anthony Marra quotes: The botanist was a decent man, but Khassan was in love, and thus capable of infinite hate. The botanist was a decent man, but Khassan was in love, and thus capable of infinite hate.
Anthony Marra quotes: There's nothing quite like the sight of two dozen half-naked octogenarians. We enter the stage of life as dolls and exit as gargoyles. There's nothing quite like the sight of two dozen half-naked octogenarians. We enter the stage of life as dolls and exit as gargoyles.
Anthony Marra quotes: There was no one left to say whom you could love. p.294 There was no one left to say whom you could love. p.294
Anthony Marra quotes: Hipsterdom's a tightrope strung across the canyon of douche-baggery. He clung by a finger. Hipsterdom's a tightrope strung across the canyon of douche-baggery. He clung by a finger.
Anthony Marra quotes: Endurance, I reminded myself, is the true measure of existence. Endurance, I reminded myself, is the true measure of existence.
Anthony Marra quotes: Pulling back a stray lock of hair, she drew a question mark around her ear. p. 314 Pulling back a stray lock of hair, she drew a question mark around her ear. p. 314
Anthony Marra quotes: You remember how Mom had that embroidered pillow? When she got upset, she'd shout into it and no one would hear her. That's Facebook. You remember how Mom had that embroidered pillow? When she got upset, she'd shout into it and no one would hear her. That's Facebook.
Anthony Marra quotes: Research is not an obstacle, something to be frightened of. It can be one of the real joys of writing. Research is not an obstacle, something to be frightened of. It can be one of the real joys of writing.
Anthony Marra quotes: For their entire lives, even before they met you, your mother and father held their love for you inside their hearts like an acorn holds an oak tree. For their entire lives, even before they met you, your mother and father held their love for you inside their hearts like an acorn holds an oak tree.
Anthony Marra quotes: Maybe we try to find them in other people. In kindness and generosity; those things don't disappear. Maybe we try to find them in other people. In kindness and generosity; those things don't disappear.
Anthony Marra quotes: With red ink, and referred to it nightly. Life: a constellation of vital phenomena - organization, irritability, movement, With red ink, and referred to it nightly. Life: a constellation of vital phenomena - organization, irritability, movement,
Anthony Marra quotes: For months they'd run their fingers around the hem of their affection without once acknowledging the fabric. For months they'd run their fingers around the hem of their affection without once acknowledging the fabric.
Anthony Marra quotes: The longing knotted into such a simple question was more than he could contemplate. The longing knotted into such a simple question was more than he could contemplate.
Anthony Marra quotes: You shouldn't rush, he said. There are no taste buds in your stomach. You shouldn't rush, he said. There are no taste buds in your stomach.
Anthony Marra quotes: He's an excellent listener. Most cats are. Except Siameses, the chatty little bastards. I He's an excellent listener. Most cats are. Except Siameses, the chatty little bastards. I
Anthony Marra quotes: Grammar was the only place the girl could keep her father alive. Grammar was the only place the girl could keep her father alive.
Anthony Marra quotes: Work isn't meaningful just because you spend your life doing it. Work isn't meaningful just because you spend your life doing it.
Anthony Marra quotes: Medical miracles are the only miracles most of us will ever see." He Medical miracles are the only miracles most of us will ever see." He
Anthony Marra quotes: In the flash there's no final thought, no final reflection, just the breath carried from her body on the back of the bullet. In the flash there's no final thought, no final reflection, just the breath carried from her body on the back of the bullet.
Anthony Marra quotes: What's his name? What's his name?
Anthony Marra quotes: You will have the last word.' 'Your name will be that word. You will have the last word.' 'Your name will be that word.
Anthony Marra quotes: I didn't know a single person who had ever been there. I wasn't even sure how to spell Chechnya. I didn't know a single person who had ever been there. I wasn't even sure how to spell Chechnya.
Anthony Marra quotes: You might question a belief that so readily betrays its believers. You might question a belief that so readily betrays its believers.
Anthony Marra quotes: F you want to keep a man, you better hide his shoes every night so he can't walk out on you. F you want to keep a man, you better hide his shoes every night so he can't walk out on you.
Anthony Marra quotes: But there had to be a quota. An upper limit to the number of miracles one is privileged to in a lifetime. How many times can a beloved reappear? But there had to be a quota. An upper limit to the number of miracles one is privileged to in a lifetime. How many times can a beloved reappear?
Anthony Marra quotes: When he reached the end, he did not die. He called your name and began to live in you. When he reached the end, he did not die. He called your name and began to live in you.
Anthony Marra quotes: God had pulled her through a needle's eye so narrow that this thread in front of them was all that remained. God had pulled her through a needle's eye so narrow that this thread in front of them was all that remained.
Anthony Marra quotes: If ever there was a season for constipation it was winter. If ever there was a season for constipation it was winter.
Anthony Marra quotes: When you're writing in big block paragraphs, you can afford to have a redundant sentence now and then, but the Twitter format requires concision. When you're writing in big block paragraphs, you can afford to have a redundant sentence now and then, but the Twitter format requires concision.
Anthony Marra quotes: He asked them to close their eyes, and hoped their mouths would follow suit. p. 137 He asked them to close their eyes, and hoped their mouths would follow suit. p. 137
Anthony Marra quotes: We took a sledgehammer to the rules of English and reassembled the pieces into a language only we understood. We took a sledgehammer to the rules of English and reassembled the pieces into a language only we understood.
Anthony Marra quotes: Natasha tried to wedge herself into the conversation, but as usual the triangle would not widen into a square. p.302 Natasha tried to wedge herself into the conversation, but as usual the triangle would not widen into a square. p.302
Anthony Marra quotes: Turning I would to I did is the grammar of growing up. Turning I would to I did is the grammar of growing up.
Anthony Marra quotes: She was fluent in four languages and yet her fists against the rusted hood were the fullest articulation of her defeat. She was fluent in four languages and yet her fists against the rusted hood were the fullest articulation of her defeat.
Anthony Marra quotes: There was something about the idea of Russia that I found very intriguing, and I think I had romanticized it a lot. There was something about the idea of Russia that I found very intriguing, and I think I had romanticized it a lot.
Anthony Marra quotes: He was losing her incrementally ... As a web is no more than holes woven together, they were bonded by what was no longer there. He was losing her incrementally ... As a web is no more than holes woven together, they were bonded by what was no longer there.
Anthony Marra quotes: I'm overcome by the inexplicable desire to speak to you with common courtesy. I'm overcome by the inexplicable desire to speak to you with common courtesy.
Anthony Marra quotes: War is unnatural, it causes people to act unnaturally. War is unnatural, it causes people to act unnaturally.
Anthony Marra quotes: The crumbling infrastructure turned time back further than any presidential mandate. The crumbling infrastructure turned time back further than any presidential mandate.
Anthony Marra quotes: This incomprehensible war would take from him even the humanity to find it incomprehensible. This incomprehensible war would take from him even the humanity to find it incomprehensible.
Anthony Marra quotes: Grozny's been largely rebuilt. But at the same time, I think the war is very much being waged inside its survivors. Grozny's been largely rebuilt. But at the same time, I think the war is very much being waged inside its survivors.
Anthony Marra quotes: [T]o some people ignorance is a sleeping mask they mistake for corrective lenses. [T]o some people ignorance is a sleeping mask they mistake for corrective lenses.
Anthony Marra quotes: Life: a constellation of vital phenomena - organization, irritability, movement, growth, reproduction, adaptation. Life: a constellation of vital phenomena - organization, irritability, movement, growth, reproduction, adaptation.
Anthony Marra quotes: Perhaps our deepest love is already inscribed within us, so its object doesn't create a new word but instead allows us to read the one written. Perhaps our deepest love is already inscribed within us, so its object doesn't create a new word but instead allows us to read the one written.
Anthony Marra quotes: Usually I spend a long while working alone before letting anyone read what I've written. Usually I spend a long while working alone before letting anyone read what I've written.
Anthony Marra quotes: Never forget the first three letters of confidence. Never forget the first three letters of confidence.
Anthony Marra quotes: A lizard fucks a crab and nine months later a turtle pops out. It's called evolution. A lizard fucks a crab and nine months later a turtle pops out. It's called evolution.
Anthony Marra quotes: She felt as buoyantly patriotic as her Chechen classmates who could trace their family trees back to the acorns She felt as buoyantly patriotic as her Chechen classmates who could trace their family trees back to the acorns
Anthony Marra quotes: She was as hard to pin down as the last pickle in the pickle jar. She was as hard to pin down as the last pickle in the pickle jar.
Anthony Marra quotes: Even as a child she had hated children; she still did. Even as a child she had hated children; she still did.
Anthony Marra quotes: The bookcase tipped and the book covers opened like wings over an underbelly of white feathers, dirty with ink. The bookcase tipped and the book covers opened like wings over an underbelly of white feathers, dirty with ink.
Anthony Marra quotes: To make a book convincing, it's less important that the right tree be in the right place than that the characters are emotionally real. To make a book convincing, it's less important that the right tree be in the right place than that the characters are emotionally real.
Anthony Marra quotes: How often is immense sadness mistaken for courage? How often is immense sadness mistaken for courage?
Anthony Marra quotes: We twist our souls around each other's miseries. We twist our souls around each other's miseries.
Anthony Marra quotes: This should be a librarian's job, of course, but you can't trust people who read that much. This should be a librarian's job, of course, but you can't trust people who read that much.
Anthony Marra quotes: At Grozny TV, the line between journalism and government propaganda is traversed as often as a Manhattan crosswalk. At Grozny TV, the line between journalism and government propaganda is traversed as often as a Manhattan crosswalk.
Anthony Marra quotes: He had learned well: made a board of the village, a pawn of the master. He had learned well: made a board of the village, a pawn of the master.
Anthony Marra quotes: They thought she knew what she was doing and she made their faith hers They thought she knew what she was doing and she made their faith hers
Anthony Marra quotes: I may be an idiot," he said gravely, "but I would never eat a hamburger cooked by a clown. I may be an idiot," he said gravely, "but I would never eat a hamburger cooked by a clown.
Anthony Marra quotes: Then Brezhnev grabbed the wheel of power and captained the country with the exploratory heart of a municipal bus driver. Then Brezhnev grabbed the wheel of power and captained the country with the exploratory heart of a municipal bus driver.
Anthony Marra quotes: In order to become the chisel that breaks the marble inside us, the artist must first become the hammer. [Soviet censor of paintings and photos] In order to become the chisel that breaks the marble inside us, the artist must first become the hammer. [Soviet censor of paintings and photos]
Anthony Marra quotes: And in the middle of the lake the woman I'd spoken with floated on her back, eyes closed, as if nothing in her many years had ever gone wrong. And in the middle of the lake the woman I'd spoken with floated on her back, eyes closed, as if nothing in her many years had ever gone wrong.
Anthony Marra quotes: I'm wondering when you hit the age where people say, 'Oh, OK, he's not so young.' I'm wondering when you hit the age where people say, 'Oh, OK, he's not so young.'
Anthony Marra quotes: Kilometers above, men who didn't know her name wanted to kill her Kilometers above, men who didn't know her name wanted to kill her
Anthony Marra quotes: The problem with rejection is that it feels imposed even when it's earned. The problem with rejection is that it feels imposed even when it's earned.
Anthony Marra quotes: We should all be so lucky to get from life a sunny-day swim in chemical waste. We should all be so lucky to get from life a sunny-day swim in chemical waste.
Anthony Marra quotes: Too young to explain in words, the girl's face was old enough to show the loss that was that name. Too young to explain in words, the girl's face was old enough to show the loss that was that name.
Anthony Marra quotes: Wars break things; they break stories. Wars break things; they break stories.
Anthony Marra quotes: Happiness came in moments of unpredictable loveliness. Happiness came in moments of unpredictable loveliness.
Anthony Marra quotes: To live with dignity meant a premature death. To live with dignity meant a premature death.
Anthony Marra quotes: When I visited Chechnya, I was taken aback at first because people would regularly make jokes about kidnapping me. When I visited Chechnya, I was taken aback at first because people would regularly make jokes about kidnapping me.
Anthony Marra quotes: We imprint our intimacies upon atoms born from an explosion so great it still marks the emptiness of space. A We imprint our intimacies upon atoms born from an explosion so great it still marks the emptiness of space. A
Anthony Marra quotes: You are mine. I recognize you. We twist our souls around each other's miseries. It is that which makes us family. You are mine. I recognize you. We twist our souls around each other's miseries. It is that which makes us family.
Anthony Marra quotes: Then tell me who Ronald McDonald is.""Very soon I'll have to apologize for calling you an idiot again. Then tell me who Ronald McDonald is."
"Very soon I'll have to apologize for calling you an idiot again.

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