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Elizabeth Strout quotes: This must be the way most of us maneuver through the world, half knowing, half not, visited by memories that can't possibly be true. This must be the way most of us maneuver through the world, half knowing, half not, visited by memories that can't possibly be true.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: Bullies are just frightened people. Bullies are just frightened people.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: And it was too late. No one wants to believe something is too late, but it is always becoming too late, and then it is. And it was too late. No one wants to believe something is too late, but it is always becoming too late, and then it is.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: That happens in hotel rooms, people have bad dreams. That happens in hotel rooms, people have bad dreams.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: boys. Defense attorneys for the whole crappy world." Bob's new apartment boys. Defense attorneys for the whole crappy world." Bob's new apartment
Elizabeth Strout quotes: It's not my job to make readers know what's a narrative voice and not the private view of the author," and that alone made me glad I had come. It's not my job to make readers know what's a narrative voice and not the private view of the author," and that alone made me glad I had come.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: I don't ever really know where I get my characters from. I don't ever really know where I get my characters from.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: It was a sad moment. There are sad moments in life, and this was one of them. It was a sad moment. There are sad moments in life, and this was one of them.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: She had spells of manic loquaciousness, followed by days of silence. She had spells of manic loquaciousness, followed by days of silence.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: I mention this because there is the question of how children become aware of what the world is, and how to act in it. How, I mention this because there is the question of how children become aware of what the world is, and how to act in it. How,
Elizabeth Strout quotes: Her job as a writer of fiction was to report on the human condition, to tell us who we are and what we think and what we do. A Her job as a writer of fiction was to report on the human condition, to tell us who we are and what we think and what we do. A
Elizabeth Strout quotes: the way you could hear outside in the open air - when the conditions were exactly right - the corn growing in the fields of my youth. the way you could hear outside in the open air - when the conditions were exactly right - the corn growing in the fields of my youth.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: People, to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, Bob Burgess, after the tall man with the tasseled scarf turned down a side People, to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, Bob Burgess, after the tall man with the tasseled scarf turned down a side
Elizabeth Strout quotes: She felt she had figured something out too late, and that must be the way of life, to get something figured out when it was too late. She felt she had figured something out too late, and that must be the way of life, to get something figured out when it was too late.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: My first job was when I was about 12, cleaning houses in the afternoons for different elderly women in town. I hated it. My first job was when I was about 12, cleaning houses in the afternoons for different elderly women in town. I hated it.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: This is a story about a mother who loves her daughter. Imperfectly. Because we all love imperfectly. This is a story about a mother who loves her daughter. Imperfectly. Because we all love imperfectly.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: If you find yourself protecting anyone as you write this piece, remember this: You're not doing it right. If you find yourself protecting anyone as you write this piece, remember this: You're not doing it right.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: The key to contentment was to never ask why; she had learned that long ago. The key to contentment was to never ask why; she had learned that long ago.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: Traits don't change, states of mind do. Traits don't change, states of mind do.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: I was a pretty terrible lawyer. A really, really terrible lawyer. I was a pretty terrible lawyer. A really, really terrible lawyer.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: It was Henry's nature to listen, and many times during the week he would say, 'Gosh, I'm awful sorry to hear that, ' or 'Say, isn't that something? It was Henry's nature to listen, and many times during the week he would say, 'Gosh, I'm awful sorry to hear that, ' or 'Say, isn't that something?
Elizabeth Strout quotes: He wanted to put his arms around her, but she had a darkness that seemed to stand beside her like an acquaintance that would not go away. He wanted to put his arms around her, but she had a darkness that seemed to stand beside her like an acquaintance that would not go away.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: It seems to Henry, as he takes his seat in his usual middle pew, that women are far braver than men It seems to Henry, as he takes his seat in his usual middle pew, that women are far braver than men
Elizabeth Strout quotes: I thought how when I got out of the hospital I would never again walk down the sidewalk without giving thanks for being one of those people, I thought how when I got out of the hospital I would never again walk down the sidewalk without giving thanks for being one of those people,
Elizabeth Strout quotes: People know exactly who loves them, and how much ... People know exactly who loves them, and how much ...
Elizabeth Strout quotes: I don't think there was a particular book that made me want to write. They all did. I always wanted to write. I don't think there was a particular book that made me want to write. They all did. I always wanted to write.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: The facts didn't matter. Their stories mattered, and each of their stories belonged to each of them alone. The facts didn't matter. Their stories mattered, and each of their stories belonged to each of them alone.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: It baffled her, the world. She did not want to leave it yet. It baffled her, the world. She did not want to leave it yet.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: No ideology can protect a son from the unwelcome inheritance of his father's ambitions. No ideology can protect a son from the unwelcome inheritance of his father's ambitions.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: I grew up on a dirt road in Maine, and pretty much everybody on that dirt road was related to me, and they were old. And so grumpy. I grew up on a dirt road in Maine, and pretty much everybody on that dirt road was related to me, and they were old. And so grumpy.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: My mother did not like Unitarians; she thought they were atheists who didn't want to be left out of the fun of Christmas, My mother did not like Unitarians; she thought they were atheists who didn't want to be left out of the fun of Christmas,
Elizabeth Strout quotes: with the group of Somali men who gathered with the group of Somali men who gathered
Elizabeth Strout quotes: the young, he thought, could withstand the rigors of love. the young, he thought, could withstand the rigors of love.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: What I mean is, this is not just a woman's story. It's what happens to a lot of us, if we are lucky enough to hear that detail and pay What I mean is, this is not just a woman's story. It's what happens to a lot of us, if we are lucky enough to hear that detail and pay attention
Elizabeth Strout quotes: The purpose of fiction is not to make people seem nice. What makes anyone think people are nice? Look around you! The purpose of fiction is not to make people seem nice. What makes anyone think people are nice? Look around you!
Elizabeth Strout quotes: There is that constant judgment in this world: How are we going to make sure we do not feel inferior to another? There is that constant judgment in this world: How are we going to make sure we do not feel inferior to another?
Elizabeth Strout quotes: So - you're a writer. You're an artist. So - you're a writer. You're an artist.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: Each of his son's had been his favorite child. Each of his son's had been his favorite child.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: But the books brought me things. This is my point. They made me feel less alone. But the books brought me things. This is my point. They made me feel less alone.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: ... and that was when I learned that work gets done if you simply do it. ... and that was when I learned that work gets done if you simply do it.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: Lonely was the first flavor I had tasted in my life, and it was always there, hidden inside the crevices of my mouth, reminding me. Lonely was the first flavor I had tasted in my life, and it was always there, hidden inside the crevices of my mouth, reminding me.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: Say the word, even now I can barely stand to Say the word, even now I can barely stand to
Elizabeth Strout quotes: Don't be scared of your hunger. If you're scared of your hunger, you'll just be one more ninny like everyone else. Don't be scared of your hunger. If you're scared of your hunger, you'll just be one more ninny like everyone else.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: At the end of the day, he said, "I will take care of you," his voice thick with emotion. She stood before him and nodded. He zipped her coat for At the end of the day, he said, "I will take care of you," his voice thick with emotion. She stood before him and nodded. He zipped her coat for her.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: Driving, Lambright thought the moon looked like a fingerprint of chalk. Driving, Lambright thought the moon looked like a fingerprint of chalk.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: one of those things about getting older was knowing that so many moments weren't just moments, they were gifts. one of those things about getting older was knowing that so many moments weren't just moments, they were gifts.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: I do write by hand. I just think - I don't know, it's a physical thing for me. It's a bodily thing. It literally has to earn its way through I do write by hand. I just think - I don't know, it's a physical thing for me. It's a bodily thing. It literally has to earn its way through my hand.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: No one in this world comes from nothing. No one in this world comes from nothing.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: that - I would remember the view from the hospital window and be glad for the sidewalk I was walking on. To that - I would remember the view from the hospital window and be glad for the sidewalk I was walking on. To
Elizabeth Strout quotes: While it is said that children accept their circumstances as normal, both Vicky and I understood that we were different. We While it is said that children accept their circumstances as normal, both Vicky and I understood that we were different. We
Elizabeth Strout quotes: He thought of all the people in the world who felt they'd been saved by a city. He was one of them. He thought of all the people in the world who felt they'd been saved by a city. He was one of them.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: She said that her job as a writer of fiction was to report on the human condition, to tel us who we are and what we think and what we She said that her job as a writer of fiction was to report on the human condition, to tel us who we are and what we think and what we do.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: Something on his, and he held up a hand to indicate Something on his, and he held up a hand to indicate
Elizabeth Strout quotes: A yearning stirred in him that was not sexual but a kind of reaching toward her simplicity of form. He A yearning stirred in him that was not sexual but a kind of reaching toward her simplicity of form. He
Elizabeth Strout quotes: She understood that Simon was a disappointed man if he needed, at ths age, to tell her he had pitied her for years. She understood that Simon was a disappointed man if he needed, at ths age, to tell her he had pitied her for years.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: The privacy of sorrow. The privacy of sorrow.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: Or maybe, he thought, returning to the boxes, it was part of being Catholicyou were made to feel guilty about everything Or maybe, he thought, returning to the boxes, it was part of being Catholic
you were made to feel guilty about everything
Elizabeth Strout quotes: But never mind, Olive thinks now. You move aside and make way for the new. But never mind, Olive thinks now. You move aside and make way for the new.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: She knows that loneliness can kill people - in different ways can actually make you die. (68) She knows that loneliness can kill people - in different ways can actually make you die. (68)
Elizabeth Strout quotes: He hated dishonesty-- or lack of courage-- more than anything. He hated dishonesty-- or lack of courage-- more than anything.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: A person can only move forward, she thinks. A person should only move forward. A person can only move forward, she thinks. A person should only move forward.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: How smooth must be the language of the whites, when they can make right look like wrong, and wrong like right." I How smooth must be the language of the whites, when they can make right look like wrong, and wrong like right." I
Elizabeth Strout quotes: My parents were very, very, very strict. My parents were very, very, very strict.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: She always played his song because whenever she saw him, it was like moving into a warm pocket of air. She always played his song because whenever she saw him, it was like moving into a warm pocket of air.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: stopped coming home for lunch. He just stayed in his office stopped coming home for lunch. He just stayed in his office
Elizabeth Strout quotes: the sense of apology did not go away; it was a tiring thing to carry. - the sense of apology did not go away; it was a tiring thing to carry. -
Elizabeth Strout quotes: society's been drugging its women for years society's been drugging its women for years
Elizabeth Strout quotes: I see." I didn't see, though. How do we ever see something about our own self? I see." I didn't see, though. How do we ever see something about our own self?
Elizabeth Strout quotes: She didn't like to be alone. Even more, she didn't like being with people. (148) She didn't like to be alone. Even more, she didn't like being with people. (148)
Elizabeth Strout quotes: He looked at the books, and she wanted to say, 'Stop that,' as though he were reading her diary. He looked at the books, and she wanted to say, 'Stop that,' as though he were reading her diary.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: God, I'm scared,' he said, quietly. She almost said, 'Oh, stop. I hate scared people. God, I'm scared,' he said, quietly. She almost said, 'Oh, stop. I hate scared people.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: You just stood up to your mother ... I should think now you could take on the world. You just stood up to your mother ... I should think now you could take on the world.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: I don't think there's anybody I write about who I don't care for deeply in some way, no matter what their behavior is. I don't think there's anybody I write about who I don't care for deeply in some way, no matter what their behavior is.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: How can people in California have problems with their feet?" asks Molly moving around Olive with a plate of sandwiches. "Don't they drive everywhere? How can people in California have problems with their feet?" asks Molly moving around Olive with a plate of sandwiches. "Don't they drive everywhere?
Elizabeth Strout quotes: I'm so interested in the fact that we really don't know anybody. We think we know the people close to us, but we don't, we really don't. I'm so interested in the fact that we really don't know anybody. We think we know the people close to us, but we don't, we really don't.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: Oh, she was a crazy woman, privately. Oh, she was a crazy woman, privately.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: She pictured a dandelion gone by, the white, almost airless pieces of her family scattered so far. She pictured a dandelion gone by, the white, almost airless pieces of her family scattered so far.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: Well, widow-comforter, how is she?" Olive spoke in the dark from the bed. "Struggling," he said. "Who isn't? Well, widow-comforter, how is she?" Olive spoke in the dark from the bed.
"Struggling," he said.
"Who isn't?
Elizabeth Strout quotes: we are free of each other, and yet not, and never will be. we are free of each other, and yet not, and never will be.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: she'd have been throwing out clamshells, most likely. she'd have been throwing out clamshells, most likely.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: You will have only one story," she had said. "You'll write your one story many ways. Don't ever worry about story. You have only one. You will have only one story," she had said. "You'll write your one story many ways. Don't ever worry about story. You have only one.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: I was doing what I have done for most of my life, which is to cover for the mistakes of others when they don't know they have embarrassed themselves. I was doing what I have done for most of my life, which is to cover for the mistakes of others when they don't know they have embarrassed themselves.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: 'Pnin' by Vladimir Nabokov, which is a literally small book, fit right in my common law book. I would sit in class and read it. 'Pnin' by Vladimir Nabokov, which is a literally small book, fit right in my common law book. I would sit in class and read it.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: Because we all love imperfectly. Because we all love imperfectly.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: But once in a while I see a child crying with the deepest of desperation, and I think it is one of the truest sounds a child can make. But once in a while I see a child crying with the deepest of desperation, and I think it is one of the truest sounds a child can make.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: No exchange rate for the confidence of youth. No exchange rate for the confidence of youth.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: Now, how does that feel, I've always wondered. To be known as a Pretty Nicely Girl? Now, how does that feel, I've always wondered. To be known as a Pretty Nicely Girl?
Elizabeth Strout quotes: constructions, and I constructions, and I
Elizabeth Strout quotes: I sometimes miss the sense of excitement that I remember having when I was younger. I miss that sense of, 'Oh wow.' I think it's part of aging. I sometimes miss the sense of excitement that I remember having when I was younger. I miss that sense of, 'Oh wow.' I think it's part of aging.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: If you get divorced in New York, you go into therapy and will talk to anybody you meet on the sidewalk about it. If you get divorced in New York, you go into therapy and will talk to anybody you meet on the sidewalk about it.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: So life goes on, I thought. (And now I think: It goes on, until it doesn't.) So life goes on, I thought. (And now I think: It goes on, until it doesn't.)
Elizabeth Strout quotes: I love theater. I love sitting in an audience and having the actors right there, playing out what it means to be a human being. I love theater. I love sitting in an audience and having the actors right there, playing out what it means to be a human being.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: cell phone. He gave her more water, told her to drink it slowly, then began leading her back the way they had come; her legs were cell phone. He gave her more water, told her to drink it slowly, then began leading her back the way they had come; her legs were
Elizabeth Strout quotes: I loved New York for this gift of endless encounters. I loved New York for this gift of endless encounters.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: So much of life seems speculation. So much of life seems speculation.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: Work gets done if you simply do it. Work gets done if you simply do it.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: Nothing is long ago. Nothing is long ago.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: To listen to a person is not passive. To listen to a person is not passive.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: It was always sad, the way the world was going. And always a new age dawning. It was always sad, the way the world was going. And always a new age dawning.
Elizabeth Strout quotes: The appetites of the body were private battles. The appetites of the body were private battles.

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