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Elizabeth McCracken quotes: For us what was killing was how nothing had changed. We'd been waiting to be transformed, and now here we were, back in our old life.

For us what was killing was how nothing had changed. We'd been waiting to be transformed, and now here we were, back in our old life.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: Remember that a woman who has given birth to a dead child has given birth and is recovering physically, too. Don't be afraid of grieving parents.

Remember that a woman who has given birth to a dead child has given birth and is recovering physically, too. Don't be afraid of grieving parents.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: Though my love for you is infinitesimal, your eyes are as dewey as any old decimal.

Though my love for you is infinitesimal, your eyes are as dewey as any old decimal.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: You believe in God or statistics or the way your narrative differs from other people.

You believe in God or statistics or the way your narrative differs from other people.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: I come from food the way some people come from money. Food was the medium I grew up in, what we talked about, what shaped our days.

I come from food the way some people come from money. Food was the medium I grew up in, what we talked about, what shaped our days.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: I own an e-reader, but I use it almost exclusively to read things that aren't books - student theses, unbound galleys.

I own an e-reader, but I use it almost exclusively to read things that aren't books - student theses, unbound galleys.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: It's hard to know which made me more aware of the impossibility of protecting children - having a child die or having had two live.

It's hard to know which made me more aware of the impossibility of protecting children - having a child die or having had two live.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: Like all good mothers, she always knew the worst was going to happen and was disappointed and relieved when it finally did.

Like all good mothers, she always knew the worst was going to happen and was disappointed and relieved when it finally did.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: My father was right: you could make anybody amazing just by insisting they were.

My father was right: you could make anybody amazing just by insisting they were.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: Some graphic narrative art presses against the panel: you wrestle with it at the level of the paper.

Some graphic narrative art presses against the panel: you wrestle with it at the level of the paper.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: No one has asked me a question yet, but I will not shut up.

No one has asked me a question yet, but I will not shut up.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: And while I was not an admirer of people in the specific, I liked them in the abstract. It is only the execution of the idea that disappoints.

And while I was not an admirer of people in the specific, I liked them in the abstract. It is only the execution of the idea that disappoints.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: Revising stuff lately, I was shocked to see how often my characters scratched their ankles, felt their feet, and touched their own ears.

Revising stuff lately, I was shocked to see how often my characters scratched their ankles, felt their feet, and touched their own ears.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: You cannot fly into your own arms.

You cannot fly into your own arms.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: I can't imagine not joking even at the worst of times. And for me, it's sort of automatic.

I can't imagine not joking even at the worst of times. And for me, it's sort of automatic.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: I sort of don't believe in closure. In the sense that it doesn't make me feel better to think that something is over.

I sort of don't believe in closure. In the sense that it doesn't make me feel better to think that something is over.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: Books remember all the things you cannot contain.

Books remember all the things you cannot contain.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: The cure for unhappiness is happiness,I don't care what anyone says.

The cure for unhappiness is happiness,
I don't care what anyone says.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: Once I started writing novels, I understood how hard it was to write really good short stories.

Once I started writing novels, I understood how hard it was to write really good short stories.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: For about half an hour in mid-1992, I knew as much as any layperson about the pleasures of remote access of other people's computers.

For about half an hour in mid-1992, I knew as much as any layperson about the pleasures of remote access of other people's computers.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: In 'Property,' none of the characters are based on any real people, but the house is very much the house that I moved into in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

In 'Property,' none of the characters are based on any real people, but the house is very much the house that I moved into in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: Grief lasts longer than sympathy, which is one of the tragedies of the grieving.

Grief lasts longer than sympathy, which is one of the tragedies of the grieving.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: I didn't know what it was I was feeling. Then I realized it was seeing someone and knowing immediately that you love him.

I didn't know what it was I was feeling. Then I realized it was seeing someone and knowing immediately that you love him.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: I like seeing my physical progress through a volume, particularly if it's a big book.

I like seeing my physical progress through a volume, particularly if it's a big book.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: He was talking to strangers, hoping they would absolve him. They are the only ones who ever can.

He was talking to strangers, hoping they would absolve him. They are the only ones who ever can.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: I am not a therapy person, but I understand what therapy does. It's a way of translating dark thoughts into something manageable.

I am not a therapy person, but I understand what therapy does. It's a way of translating dark thoughts into something manageable.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: People think they're interesting. That's their first mistake.

People think they're interesting. That's their first mistake.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: I believe marriage is a spectator sport.

I believe marriage is a spectator sport.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: Engagements - they are like a prayer before eating, best quick.

Engagements - they are like a prayer before eating, best quick.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: But a library is a gorgeous language that you will never speak fluently.

But a library is a gorgeous language that you will never speak fluently.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: I always want the last line to be really good, which may sound silly, but I want it to be a last pleasing line.

I always want the last line to be really good, which may sound silly, but I want it to be a last pleasing line.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: She had a rear end as big as an open dictionary and a bad attitude.

She had a rear end as big as an open dictionary and a bad attitude.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: Sadness was something I was thinking about in my life outside of writing, so it wormed itself into whatever I wrote.

Sadness was something I was thinking about in my life outside of writing, so it wormed itself into whatever I wrote.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: Whatever you have lost there are more of, just not yours.

Whatever you have lost there are more of, just not yours.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: I wanted to acknowledge that life goes on but that death goes on, too. A person who is dead is a long, long story.

I wanted to acknowledge that life goes on but that death goes on, too. A person who is dead is a long, long story.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: Do not trust an architect: he will always try to talk you into an atrium.

Do not trust an architect: he will always try to talk you into an atrium.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: It's an amazing thing to watch a lizard fold a moth into its mouth, like a sword swallower who specialises in umbrellas.

It's an amazing thing to watch a lizard fold a moth into its mouth, like a sword swallower who specialises in umbrellas.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: I told him that I apologised, that I understood, but really: I am not a museum, not yet, I'm a love letter, a love letter.

I told him that I apologised, that I understood, but really: I am not a museum, not yet, I'm a love letter, a love letter.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: Enough fine weather and money and a few memorable meals make any place desirable.

Enough fine weather and money and a few memorable meals make any place desirable.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: I'm astounded by people who can listen to music when they write. I can only assume that they have multi-track brains, while mine is decidedly single.

I'm astounded by people who can listen to music when they write. I can only assume that they have multi-track brains, while mine is decidedly single.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: You can't out-travel sadness. I travel not to get away from my troubles but to see how they look in front of famous buildings

You can't out-travel sadness. I travel not to get away from my troubles but to see how they look in front of famous buildings

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: In reference works, as in sin, omission is as bad as willful misbehavior.

In reference works, as in sin, omission is as bad as willful misbehavior.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: But you can't spend your whole life hoping people will ask you the right questions. you must learn to love and answer the questions they already ask.

But you can't spend your whole life hoping people will ask you the right questions. you must learn to love and answer the questions they already ask.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: All she really wanted was to go to her apartment, to her bedroom, to the back of her walk-in closet, to sit among the shoes.

All she really wanted was to go to her apartment, to her bedroom, to the back of her walk-in closet, to sit among the shoes.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: I feel like I don't understand time in novels, really. I bumble forward, is all.

I feel like I don't understand time in novels, really. I bumble forward, is all.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: Said. "I'm just not ready yet." It would take something other than my daily nagging. So one night, a night I knew would be

Said. "I'm just not ready yet." It would take something other than my daily nagging. So one night, a night I knew would be

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: I have been the person who tries to keep conversation light while talking to someone whose heart has been smashed.

I have been the person who tries to keep conversation light while talking to someone whose heart has been smashed.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: Life likes jokes; life is constantly making jokes, even at the most inopportune moments.

Life likes jokes; life is constantly making jokes, even at the most inopportune moments.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: You write the way you think about the world. My motto in times of trouble - and I'm speaking of life, not writing - is 'no humor too black.'

You write the way you think about the world. My motto in times of trouble - and I'm speaking of life, not writing - is 'no humor too black.'

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: It's a happy life and someone is missing.

It's a happy life and someone is missing.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: Humor reminds you, when you're flattened by sorrow, that you're still human.

Humor reminds you, when you're flattened by sorrow, that you're still human.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: But you cannot fly away from people who have flown away from you; you cannot fly into your own arms.

But you cannot fly away from people who have flown away from you; you cannot fly into your own arms.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: History remembers the velvet hearted.

History remembers the velvet hearted.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: Acknowledgment of grief - well, it makes feeling the grief easier, not harder.

Acknowledgment of grief - well, it makes feeling the grief easier, not harder.

Elizabeth McCracken quotes: Don't run away from your troubles, because they'll sure as hell run faster.

Don't run away from your troubles, because they'll sure as hell run faster.