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Jenny Offill quotes: The only love that feels like love is the doomed kind. (Fun fact.)

The only love that feels like love is the doomed kind. (Fun fact.)

Jenny Offill quotes: I felt like I could write about quiet, self-contained moments and also about those moments when the world rushes in again.

I felt like I could write about quiet, self-contained moments and also about those moments when the world rushes in again.

Jenny Offill quotes: Whenever the wife wants to do drugs, she thinks about Sartre. One bad trip and then a giant lobster followed him around for the rest of his days.

Whenever the wife wants to do drugs, she thinks about Sartre. One bad trip and then a giant lobster followed him around for the rest of his days.

Jenny Offill quotes: It is so easy now for the wife to be patient and kind to the daughter. She will never love anyone or anything more. Never. It is official.

It is so easy now for the wife to be patient and kind to the daughter. She will never love anyone or anything more. Never. It is official.

Jenny Offill quotes: What Kafka said: I write to close my eyes.

What Kafka said: I write to close my eyes.

Jenny Offill quotes: The wife watched her neighbor get fat over the next year. The Germans have a word for that. Kummerspeck. Literally, grief bacon.

The wife watched her neighbor get fat over the next year. The Germans have a word for that. Kummerspeck. Literally, grief bacon.

Jenny Offill quotes: Would you like to be a doctor when you grow up?" I ask her. She looks at me oddly. "I'm already a doctor," she says.

Would you like to be a doctor when you grow up?" I ask her. She looks at me oddly. "I'm already a doctor," she says.

Jenny Offill quotes: Memories are microscopic. Tiny particles that swarm together and apart.

Memories are microscopic. Tiny particles that swarm together and apart.

Jenny Offill quotes: Also she signed away the right to self-destruct years ago. The fine print on the birth certificate, her friends call it.

Also she signed away the right to self-destruct years ago. The fine print on the birth certificate, her friends call it.

Jenny Offill quotes: Dizzying, this happiness.

Dizzying, this happiness.

Jenny Offill quotes: I think part of what I like about being a fiction writer is that I can inhabit something that's beyond the limits of my own personality.

I think part of what I like about being a fiction writer is that I can inhabit something that's beyond the limits of my own personality.

Jenny Offill quotes: Mark Twain fell in love with his wife after he saw her picture painted on an ivory miniature the size of a fingernail.

Mark Twain fell in love with his wife after he saw her picture painted on an ivory miniature the size of a fingernail.

Jenny Offill quotes: We had told people. We had to untell them. You did it so I wouldn't have to speak.

We had told people. We had to untell them. You did it so I wouldn't have to speak.

Jenny Offill quotes: I never liked to hear the doorbell ring. None of the people I liked ever turned up that way.

I never liked to hear the doorbell ring. None of the people I liked ever turned up that way.

Jenny Offill quotes: She thinks before she acts. Or more properly, she thinks instead of acts. A character flaw, not a virtue.

She thinks before she acts. Or more properly, she thinks instead of acts. A character flaw, not a virtue.

Jenny Offill quotes: That night on TV, I saw the tattoo I wished my life had warranted. If you have not known suffering, love me. A Russian murderer beat me to it.

That night on TV, I saw the tattoo I wished my life had warranted. If you have not known suffering, love me. A Russian murderer beat me to it.

Jenny Offill quotes: Where did all the words go?" I asked."They just wasted away," my mom explained, " like a leg you never walk on.

Where did all the words go?" I asked.
"They just wasted away," my mom explained, " like a leg you never walk on.

Jenny Offill quotes: I bought a warmer coat with many ingenious pockets. You put your hands in all of them.

I bought a warmer coat with many ingenious pockets. You put your hands in all of them.

Jenny Offill quotes: Here is what happens in middle age: Some friends and acquaintances who were merely eccentric for years become unmistakably mad.

Here is what happens in middle age: Some friends and acquaintances who were merely eccentric for years become unmistakably mad.

Jenny Offill quotes: Sometimes she just stands and looks out the window where the people whose lives are intact enough not to have to take yoga live.

Sometimes she just stands and looks out the window where the people whose lives are intact enough not to have to take yoga live.

Jenny Offill quotes: What Ann Druyan said: Compressed into a minute-long segment, the brain waves of a woman newly in love sound like a string of firecrackers exploding.

What Ann Druyan said: Compressed into a minute-long segment, the brain waves of a woman newly in love sound like a string of firecrackers exploding.

Jenny Offill quotes: Both have trouble working up the nerve to go into the Little Theater of Hurt Feelings.

Both have trouble working up the nerve to go into the Little Theater of Hurt Feelings.

Jenny Offill quotes: Evolution designed us to cry out if we are being abandoned. To make as much noise as possible so the tribe will come back for us.

Evolution designed us to cry out if we are being abandoned. To make as much noise as possible so the tribe will come back for us.

Jenny Offill quotes: You know what's punk rock about marriage? Nothing. You know what's punk rock about marriage? All the puke and shit and piss.

You know what's punk rock about marriage? Nothing. You know what's punk rock about marriage? All the puke and shit and piss.

Jenny Offill quotes: For years, I kept a Post-it note above my desk. WORK NOT LOVE! was what it said. It seemed a sturdier kind of happiness.

For years, I kept a Post-it note above my desk. WORK NOT LOVE! was what it said. It seemed a sturdier kind of happiness.

Jenny Offill quotes: My friend laughs. "I don't think they go with the way you dress." How do I dress? I wonder. Like a bus driver is the answer.

My friend laughs. "I don't think they go with the way you dress." How do I dress? I wonder. Like a bus driver is the answer.

Jenny Offill quotes: An Arabic proverb: One insect is enough to fell a country. A Japanese proverb: Even an insect one-tenth of an inch long has five-tenths of a soul. My

An Arabic proverb: One insect is enough to fell a country. A Japanese proverb: Even an insect one-tenth of an inch long has five-tenths of a soul. My

Jenny Offill quotes: Three things no one has ever said about me:You make it look so easy.You are very mysterious.You need to take yourself more seriously.

Three things no one has ever said about me:
You make it look so easy.
You are very mysterious.
You need to take yourself more seriously.

Jenny Offill quotes: Life equals structure plus activity.

Life equals structure plus activity.

Jenny Offill quotes: If one day equaled the age of the universe, all of recorded history would be no more than ten seconds.

If one day equaled the age of the universe, all of recorded history would be no more than ten seconds.

Jenny Offill quotes: Do you have a secret life? This is what she asks all her friends.

Do you have a secret life? This is what she asks all her friends.

Jenny Offill quotes: Of course it is difficult. You are creating a creature with a soul, my friend says.

Of course it is difficult. You are creating a creature with a soul, my friend says.

Jenny Offill quotes: When God is a father, he is said to be elsewhere. When God is a mother, she is said to be everywhere.

When God is a father, he is said to be elsewhere. When God is a mother, she is said to be everywhere.

Jenny Offill quotes: Studies show that 110% of men who leave their wives for other women report that their wives are crazy. Darwin

Studies show that 110% of men who leave their wives for other women report that their wives are crazy. Darwin

Jenny Offill quotes: Out of dark waters, this.

Out of dark waters, this.

Jenny Offill quotes: What I try to capture as a writer is the feeling of being alive, of being awake.

What I try to capture as a writer is the feeling of being alive, of being awake.

Jenny Offill quotes: A thought experiment courtesy of the Stoics. If you are tired of everything you possess, imagine that you have lost all these things.

A thought experiment courtesy of the Stoics. If you are tired of everything you possess, imagine that you have lost all these things.

Jenny Offill quotes: What Simone Weil said: Attention without object is a supreme form of prayer.

What Simone Weil said: Attention without object is a supreme form of prayer.

Jenny Offill quotes: Clothes are the only thing that separates us from animals," my mother said. "Clothes and a sense of shame.

Clothes are the only thing that separates us from animals," my mother said. "Clothes and a sense of shame.

Jenny Offill quotes: They used to send each other letters. The return address was always the same: Dept. of Speculation.

They used to send each other letters. The return address was always the same: Dept. of Speculation.

Jenny Offill quotes: We're married, remember? Nobody's breaking up with anybody.

We're married, remember? Nobody's breaking up with anybody.

Jenny Offill quotes: There is still such crookedness in my heart. I had thought loving two people so much would straighten it.

There is still such crookedness in my heart. I had thought loving two people so much would straighten it.

Jenny Offill quotes: You think you want the blue skies, the open road, but really you want the tunnel, you want to know how the story ends.

You think you want the blue skies, the open road, but really you want the tunnel, you want to know how the story ends.

Jenny Offill quotes: But the smell of her hair. The way she clasped her hand around my fingers. This was like medicine.

But the smell of her hair. The way she clasped her hand around my fingers. This was like medicine.

Jenny Offill quotes: I tried to figure out if I felt calmer with a blanket over my head. No I did not was the answer.

I tried to figure out if I felt calmer with a blanket over my head. No I did not was the answer.

Jenny Offill quotes: In Paris, even the subways are required to be beautiful.

In Paris, even the subways are required to be beautiful.

Jenny Offill quotes: A boy stepping into the street and opening an umbrella for a girl keeping dry in the doorway.

A boy stepping into the street and opening an umbrella for a girl keeping dry in the doorway.

Jenny Offill quotes: There are 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, 24 hours in a day, 7 days in a week, 52 weeks in a year, and X years

There are 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, 24 hours in a day, 7 days in a week, 52 weeks in a year, and X years in a life. Solve for X.

Jenny Offill quotes: What T. S. Eliot said: When all is said and done the writer may realize that he has wasted his youth and wrecked his health for nothing.

What T. S. Eliot said: When all is said and done the writer may realize that he has wasted his youth and wrecked his health for nothing.

Jenny Offill quotes: Are animals lonely? Other animals, I mean.

Are animals lonely? Other animals, I mean.

Jenny Offill quotes: There is a man who travels around the world trying to find places where you can stand still and hear no human sound.

There is a man who travels around the world trying to find places where you can stand still and hear no human sound.

Jenny Offill quotes: The reason to have a home is to keep certain people in and everyone else out.

The reason to have a home is to keep certain people in and everyone else out.

Jenny Offill quotes: Anger looked like fireworks. Love was an indistinct blur.

Anger looked like fireworks. Love was an indistinct blur.

Jenny Offill quotes: Einstein wondered if the moon would exist if we didn't look at it.

Einstein wondered if the moon would exist if we didn't look at it.

Jenny Offill quotes: Some women make it look so easy, the way they cast ambition off like an expensive coat that no longer fits.

Some women make it look so easy, the way they cast ambition off like an expensive coat that no longer fits.

Jenny Offill quotes: But lately I'm like a beatnik in a movie. Fuck this bourgeois shit, baby! Let's be pure of heart again!

But lately I'm like a beatnik in a movie. Fuck this bourgeois shit, baby! Let's be pure of heart again!

Jenny Offill quotes: I can be bolder on the page, as a character. I can gnash my teeth, I can scream and yell, in a way that I'm perhaps too timid to do

I can be bolder on the page, as a character. I can gnash my teeth, I can scream and yell, in a way that I'm perhaps too timid to do in real life.

Jenny Offill quotes: These bits of poetry that stick to her like burrs.

These bits of poetry that stick to her like burrs.

Jenny Offill quotes: Found a book called Thriving Not Surviving in a box on the street. I stood there, flipping through it, unwilling to commit.

Found a book called Thriving Not Surviving in a box on the street. I stood there, flipping through it, unwilling to commit.

Jenny Offill quotes: The invention of the ship is also the invention of the shipwreck,

The invention of the ship is also the invention of the shipwreck,