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Lorrie Moore quotes: The thought balloon of my own breath said, How have I found myself here? The thought balloon of my own breath said, How have I found myself here?
Lorrie Moore quotes: To write a short story, you have to be able to stay up all night. To write a short story, you have to be able to stay up all night.
Lorrie Moore quotes: I'm very interested in what people will do for money. Money: it's timeless. I'm very interested in what people will do for money. Money: it's timeless.
Lorrie Moore quotes: Don't mistake a lack of sophistication for sweetness. Don't mistake a lack of sophistication for sweetness.
Lorrie Moore quotes: Perhaps we had at last reached that stage of intimacy that destroys intimacy. Perhaps we had at last reached that stage of intimacy that destroys intimacy.
Lorrie Moore quotes: She would try to live life one day at a time, like an alcoholicdrink, don't drink, drink. Perhaps she should take drugs. She would try to live life one day at a time, like an alcoholic
drink, don't drink, drink. Perhaps she should take drugs.
Lorrie Moore quotes: I had one elegantly folded cookie - a short paper nerve baked in an ear. I had one elegantly folded cookie - a short paper nerve baked in an ear.
Lorrie Moore quotes: There seemed nothing so true as a yellow tree. There seemed nothing so true as a yellow tree.
Lorrie Moore quotes: An author's life is different, complex, and ongoing, while a character's remains frozen in one little story. An author's life is different, complex, and ongoing, while a character's remains frozen in one little story.
Lorrie Moore quotes: I had never feared insomnia beforelike prison, wouldn't it just give you more time to read? I had never feared insomnia before
like prison, wouldn't it just give you more time to read?
Lorrie Moore quotes: (Such a life)engaged gross quantities of hope and despair and set them wildly side by side, like a Third World country of the heart. (Such a life)engaged gross quantities of hope and despair and set them wildly side by side, like a Third World country of the heart.
Lorrie Moore quotes: I steal back into dreams of you, your unmade bed a huge open-faced sandwich. I steal back into dreams of you, your unmade bed a huge open-faced sandwich.
Lorrie Moore quotes: Those are the love killers. They love you and then they kill you. They're from another planet. Supposedly. Those are the love killers. They love you and then they kill you. They're from another planet. Supposedly.
Lorrie Moore quotes: Don't make your own life your project in your own life: total waste of time. Don't make your own life your project in your own life: total waste of time.
Lorrie Moore quotes: Life is sad. Here is someone. Life is sad. Here is someone.
Lorrie Moore quotes: You only live at once. Which seemed to her all the more reason to be careful, to take it easy, to have an ordinary life. You only live at once. Which seemed to her all the more reason to be careful, to take it easy, to have an ordinary life.
Lorrie Moore quotes: Philosophize: you are a mistress, part of a great hysterical you mean historical tradition. Philosophize: you are a mistress, part of a great hysterical you mean historical tradition.
Lorrie Moore quotes: The ants are my friends- they're blowing in the wind The ants are my friends- they're blowing in the wind
Lorrie Moore quotes: Better to think of writing, of what one does, as an activity, rather than an identity to keep the calling a verb rather than a noun. Better to think of writing, of what one does, as an activity, rather than an identity to keep the calling a verb rather than a noun.
Lorrie Moore quotes: We were in dialogue that was about something other than what we were saying. We were in dialogue that was about something other than what we were saying.
Lorrie Moore quotes: An agony. The exit like the entrance - but reversed. A palindrome: gut-tug. An agony. The exit like the entrance - but reversed. A palindrome: gut-tug.
Lorrie Moore quotes: I would never understand photography, the sneaky, murderous taxidermy of it. I would never understand photography, the sneaky, murderous taxidermy of it.
Lorrie Moore quotes: They had, finally, the only thing anyone really wants in life: someone to hold your hand when you die. They had, finally, the only thing anyone really wants in life: someone to hold your hand when you die.
Lorrie Moore quotes: She wore a lot of gray-green corduroy. She had been under the impression that it brought out her eyes, those shy stars. She wore a lot of gray-green corduroy. She had been under the impression that it brought out her eyes, those shy stars.
Lorrie Moore quotes: Amber was not shy. If she had been shy, not one of us would be at Perkins right now. Amber was not shy. If she had been shy, not one of us would be at Perkins right now.
Lorrie Moore quotes: Which is it," she asked. "Is it CLIToris or clotORis?" I didn't know. Why didn't I know? "It may depend on which you have," I said. Which is it," she asked. "Is it CLIToris or clotORis?"
I didn't know. Why didn't I know? "It may depend on which you have," I said.
Lorrie Moore quotes: It's two against one out here; we just keep taking turns. It's two against one out here; we just keep taking turns.
Lorrie Moore quotes: We had put almost all of our possessions in storage, which was a metaphor for being twenty, as were so many things. We had put almost all of our possessions in storage, which was a metaphor for being twenty, as were so many things.
Lorrie Moore quotes: While my scarcely controlled rage flew from my mouth in sentences I hoped would be, perhaps not then but perhaps later, like knives to her brain. While my scarcely controlled rage flew from my mouth in sentences I hoped would be, perhaps not then but perhaps later, like knives to her brain.
Lorrie Moore quotes: A veteran of the gender wars. A veteran of the gender wars.
Lorrie Moore quotes: As a feminist you mustn't blame the other woman," a neighbor told her. "As a feminist I request that you no longer speak to me," Kit replied.) As a feminist you mustn't blame the other woman," a neighbor told her. "As a feminist I request that you no longer speak to me," Kit replied.)
Lorrie Moore quotes: We got hard hearts, she said with an accent that wasn't really any particular accent at all. She wasn't good at accents. We got hard hearts, she said with an accent that wasn't really any particular accent at all. She wasn't good at accents.
Lorrie Moore quotes: I don't care if I'm a fish, I still want a bicycle. I don't care if I'm a fish, I still want a bicycle.
Lorrie Moore quotes: Everyone these days was defensive about their lives. Everyone had settled. Everyone these days was defensive about their lives. Everyone had settled.
Lorrie Moore quotes: If I retain any freshness of approach, it's by going slowly having long intervals between finished projects. If I retain any freshness of approach, it's by going slowly having long intervals between finished projects.
Lorrie Moore quotes: I don't have a love life. I have a like life.'Mamie smiled. She thought how nice that might be, to be peacefully free from love ... I don't have a love life. I have a like life.'
Mamie smiled. She thought how nice that might be, to be peacefully free from love ...
Lorrie Moore quotes: It's a form of terrorism not to bomb this town. It's a form of terrorism not to bomb this town.
Lorrie Moore quotes: Every family is a family of alligators. Every family is a family of alligators.
Lorrie Moore quotes: Let's make our own way,' says the Mother, 'and not in this boat. Let's make our own way,' says the Mother, 'and not in this boat.
Lorrie Moore quotes: His fish smells fishier than the others- he is sure of it. Perhaps he has been poisoned. His fish smells fishier than the others- he is sure of it. Perhaps he has been poisoned.
Lorrie Moore quotes: I feel his lack of love for me. I feel his lack of love for me.
Lorrie Moore quotes: She hated money! though she knew it was like blood and you needed it. Still, it was also like blood in that she often couldn't stand the sight of it. She hated money! though she knew it was like blood and you needed it. Still, it was also like blood in that she often couldn't stand the sight of it.
Lorrie Moore quotes: Though what bird in the best of circumstances does not look a little stricken? Though what bird in the best of circumstances does not look a little stricken?
Lorrie Moore quotes: Forget being a decent man, Terence. Go for castability. Could you even play a decent man in a movie? Forget being a decent man, Terence. Go for castability. Could you even play a decent man in a movie?
Lorrie Moore quotes: That was also back in the days when I thought the ice-cream man lived in his truck That was also back in the days when I thought the ice-cream man lived in his truck
Lorrie Moore quotes: A short story is a love affair, a novel is a marriage. A short story is a photograph; a novel is a film. A short story is a love affair, a novel is a marriage. A short story is a photograph; a novel is a film.
Lorrie Moore quotes: Divorce, she could see, would be like marriage - a power grab, as in who would be the dog, and who would be the owner of the dog. Divorce, she could see, would be like marriage - a power grab, as in who would be the dog, and who would be the owner of the dog.
Lorrie Moore quotes: Surrealism could not be made up. It was the very electricity of the real. Surrealism could not be made up. It was the very electricity of the real.
Lorrie Moore quotes: A lie to the faithless is merely a conversation in their language. A lie to the faithless is merely a conversation in their language.
Lorrie Moore quotes: Love is a fever," she said. "And when you come out of it you'll discover whether you've been lucky - or not. Love is a fever," she said. "And when you come out of it you'll discover whether you've been lucky - or not.
Lorrie Moore quotes: I always had the sense with her that she didn't suffer fools gladly but that life was taking great pains to show her how. I always had the sense with her that she didn't suffer fools gladly but that life was taking great pains to show her how.
Lorrie Moore quotes: If dolphins tasted good," he said, "we wouldn't even know about their language. If dolphins tasted good," he said, "we wouldn't even know about their language.
Lorrie Moore quotes: You are unhappy because you believe in such a thing as happy. You are unhappy because you believe in such a thing as happy.
Lorrie Moore quotes: A funny line can never exist on its own. It needs to be surrounded by mood and circumstances. A funny line can never exist on its own. It needs to be surrounded by mood and circumstances.
Lorrie Moore quotes: The passive voice could always be used to obscure blame. The passive voice could always be used to obscure blame.
Lorrie Moore quotes: One had to build shelters. One had to make pockets and live inside them. One had to build shelters. One had to make pockets and live inside them.
Lorrie Moore quotes: Anyone who's read all of Proust plus The Man withour Qualities is bound t be missing out on a few other titles. Anyone who's read all of Proust plus The Man withour Qualities is bound t be missing out on a few other titles.
Lorrie Moore quotes: This is what happened in love. One of you cried a lot and then both of you grew sarcastic. This is what happened in love. One of you cried a lot and then both of you grew sarcastic.
Lorrie Moore quotes: Perhaps everyone had their own way of preparing to die. Life got you ready. Perhaps everyone had their own way of preparing to die. Life got you ready.
Lorrie Moore quotes: My mother's capacity for happiness was a small soup bone salting a large pot. My mother's capacity for happiness was a small soup bone salting a large pot.
Lorrie Moore quotes: Zoe tried to sound like an older sister. Zoe tried to sound like an older sister.
Lorrie Moore quotes: The night before, a whole day could have shape and design. But when it was upon you, it could vanish tragically to air. The night before, a whole day could have shape and design. But when it was upon you, it could vanish tragically to air.
Lorrie Moore quotes: These were the sorts of notions that had been raised in all my classes, and we had chased them round and round like dogs maddened by their tails. These were the sorts of notions that had been raised in all my classes, and we had chased them round and round like dogs maddened by their tails.
Lorrie Moore quotes: Get a Job, she shouted silently to God. Get a real Job. Get a Job, she shouted silently to God. Get a real Job.
Lorrie Moore quotes: I'm not sure that niceness is what we should promote in writers. I'm not sure that niceness is what we should promote in writers.
Lorrie Moore quotes: I was realising that all new feelings from here on in would probably be bad ones. Surprises would no longer be good. I was realising that all new feelings from here on in would probably be bad ones. Surprises would no longer be good.
Lorrie Moore quotes: I want to create something that doesn't exist exactly in the real world, but exists in a kind of parallel to the real world. I want to create something that doesn't exist exactly in the real world, but exists in a kind of parallel to the real world.
Lorrie Moore quotes: And all love that had overtaken her would have to be a memory, a truck on the interstate roaring up from the left, a thing she must let pass. And all love that had overtaken her would have to be a memory, a truck on the interstate roaring up from the left, a thing she must let pass.
Lorrie Moore quotes: We curl up on the couch together, under a blanket, whisper I love you, I missed you, confusing tenses I think. We curl up on the couch together, under a blanket, whisper I love you, I missed you, confusing tenses I think.
Lorrie Moore quotes: She was afraid, and the afraid, she realized, sought opportunities for bravery in love. She was afraid, and the afraid, she realized, sought opportunities for bravery in love.
Lorrie Moore quotes: Also, he had the kind of mustache a college roommate of hers used to say looked like it had crawled up to find a warm spot to die. Also, he had the kind of mustache a college roommate of hers used to say looked like it had crawled up to find a warm spot to die.
Lorrie Moore quotes: People will do anything, anything, for a really nice laugh, People will do anything, anything, for a really nice laugh,
Lorrie Moore quotes: Every arrangement in life carried with it the sadness, the sentimental shadow, of its not being something else, but only itself. Every arrangement in life carried with it the sadness, the sentimental shadow, of its not being something else, but only itself.
Lorrie Moore quotes: If you're suicidal, and you don't actually kill yourself, you become known as 'wry. If you're suicidal, and you don't actually kill yourself, you become known as 'wry.
Lorrie Moore quotes: A story is a kind of biopsy of human life. A story is both local, specific, small, and deep, in a kind of penetrating, layered, and revealing way. A story is a kind of biopsy of human life. A story is both local, specific, small, and deep, in a kind of penetrating, layered, and revealing way.
Lorrie Moore quotes: Writers have no real area of expertise. They are merely generalists with a highly inflamed sense of punctuation. Writers have no real area of expertise. They are merely generalists with a highly inflamed sense of punctuation.
Lorrie Moore quotes: After four movies, three concerts, and two-and-a-half museums, you sleep with him. It seems the right number of cultural events. After four movies, three concerts, and two-and-a-half museums, you sleep with him. It seems the right number of cultural events.
Lorrie Moore quotes: Some people get their books on the best-seller list and then they count the number of weeks, and I just never want to live that way. Some people get their books on the best-seller list and then they count the number of weeks, and I just never want to live that way.
Lorrie Moore quotes: Literature, of course, is not a contest. Literature, of course, is not a contest.
Lorrie Moore quotes: I missed him. Love, I realized, was something your spine memorized. There was nothing you could do about that. I missed him. Love, I realized, was something your spine memorized. There was nothing you could do about that.
Lorrie Moore quotes: At times like these, she thought, it was probably a good idea to carry a small hand puppet. At times like these, she thought, it was probably a good idea to carry a small hand puppet.
Lorrie Moore quotes: I always feel that the book I'm working on is my last book. I always feel that the book I'm working on is my last book.
Lorrie Moore quotes: But it would be like going to Heaven and not finding any of your friends there. Her life would go all beatific and empty in the eyes. But it would be like going to Heaven and not finding any of your friends there. Her life would go all beatific and empty in the eyes.
Lorrie Moore quotes: he had had some eye work done: a lift to remove the puff and bloat; he would rather look startled and insane than look fifty-six. he had had some eye work done: a lift to remove the puff and bloat; he would rather look startled and insane than look fifty-six.
Lorrie Moore quotes: Most things good for writing are bad for life. Most things good for writing are bad for life.
Lorrie Moore quotes: Yes," she said. "'I Been Working on the Railroad.'There's just two things I'm worried about with that: the grammar and the use of slave labor. Yes," she said. "'I Been Working on the Railroad.'There's just two things I'm worried about with that: the grammar and the use of slave labor.
Lorrie Moore quotes: Everything one reads is nourishment of some sort - good food or junk food - and one assumes it all goes in and has its way with your brain cells. Everything one reads is nourishment of some sort - good food or junk food - and one assumes it all goes in and has its way with your brain cells.
Lorrie Moore quotes: Precancer?' she had repeated quietly, for she was a quiet woman. 'Isn't that ... like life? Precancer?' she had repeated quietly, for she was a quiet woman. 'Isn't that ... like life?
Lorrie Moore quotes: I've accrued a kind of patience, I believe, loosely like change. I've accrued a kind of patience, I believe, loosely like change.
Lorrie Moore quotes: She knew that the world was not created to speak just to her, and yet, as with her son, sometimes things did. She knew that the world was not created to speak just to her, and yet, as with her son, sometimes things did.
Lorrie Moore quotes: I just don't want you to feel uncomfortable about this," he says.Say: "Hey. I am a very cool person. I am tough." Show him your bicep. I just don't want you to feel uncomfortable about this," he says.
Say: "Hey. I am a very cool person. I am tough." Show him your bicep.
Lorrie Moore quotes: His eyes were caught in the headlights of something - foreign policy? His eyes were caught in the headlights of something - foreign policy?
Lorrie Moore quotes: Through college she had been a feminist - basically: she shaved her legs, but just not often enough, she liked to say. Through college she had been a feminist - basically: she shaved her legs, but just not often enough, she liked to say.
Lorrie Moore quotes: Amber was past tense. We were covering her inanimate face in the white sheet of was. Amber was past tense. We were covering her inanimate face in the white sheet of was.
Lorrie Moore quotes: As the most recently arrived to earthly life, children can seem in lingering possession of some heavenly lidless eye. As the most recently arrived to earthly life, children can seem in lingering possession of some heavenly lidless eye.
Lorrie Moore quotes: Bummer,' said Ira, his new word for "I must remain as neutral as possible" and "Your mother's a whore. Bummer,' said Ira, his new word for "I must remain as neutral as possible" and "Your mother's a whore.
Lorrie Moore quotes: I don't sit down to write a funny story. Every single thing I sit down to write is meant to be sad. I don't sit down to write a funny story. Every single thing I sit down to write is meant to be sad.
Lorrie Moore quotes: The key to marriage, she concluded, was just not to take the thing too personally. The key to marriage, she concluded, was just not to take the thing too personally.
Lorrie Moore quotes: I wondered about the half-life of regret. I wondered about the half-life of regret.
Lorrie Moore quotes: She had expected a pistol to seem light and natural-a seamless extension of her angry feral self. She had expected a pistol to seem light and natural-a seamless extension of her angry feral self.

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