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Tea Obreht quotes: At the end of the day, it's about the reader's attachment to and belief in the magical elements that make or break magical realism.

At the end of the day, it's about the reader's attachment to and belief in the magical elements that make or break magical realism.

Tea Obreht quotes: I like dark subject matter. I'm not sure what that means about me!

I like dark subject matter. I'm not sure what that means about me!

Tea Obreht quotes: In my earliest memory, my grandfather is bald as a stone and he takes me to see the tigers.

In my earliest memory, my grandfather is bald as a stone and he takes me to see the tigers.

Tea Obreht quotes: She'll have a time with that baby and only a tiger for a husband.

She'll have a time with that baby and only a tiger for a husband.

Tea Obreht quotes: A family has its own rituals and its own superstitions.

A family has its own rituals and its own superstitions.

Tea Obreht quotes: Wash the bones, bring the body, leave the heart behind.

Wash the bones, bring the body, leave the heart behind.

Tea Obreht quotes: I felt my voice had fallen through and through me, and I couldn't summon it back to tell him or myself anything at all.

I felt my voice had fallen through and through me, and I couldn't summon it back to tell him or myself anything at all.

Tea Obreht quotes: When you're in a place, the details you focus on are different than details you focus on when you're writing about it.

When you're in a place, the details you focus on are different than details you focus on when you're writing about it.

Tea Obreht quotes: These stories run like secret rivers through all the other stories of his life.

These stories run like secret rivers through all the other stories of his life.

Tea Obreht quotes: The best fiction stays with you and changes you.

The best fiction stays with you and changes you.

Tea Obreht quotes: We're all entitled to our superstitions.

We're all entitled to our superstitions.

Tea Obreht quotes: In the end, all you want is someone to long for you when it comes time to put you in the ground.

In the end, all you want is someone to long for you when it comes time to put you in the ground.

Tea Obreht quotes: My family lived in Egypt from 1993 to 1996.

My family lived in Egypt from 1993 to 1996.

Tea Obreht quotes: I started to feel that nagging sense of shame again, an acute awareness of my own inability to share in his [my grandfather's] optimism.

I started to feel that nagging sense of shame again, an acute awareness of my own inability to share in his [my grandfather's] optimism.

Tea Obreht quotes: I am very interested in place, and the influences of place on characters.

I am very interested in place, and the influences of place on characters.

Tea Obreht quotes: My mother always says that fear and pain are immediate, and that, when they're gone we're left with the concept, but not the true memory.

My mother always says that fear and pain are immediate, and that, when they're gone we're left with the concept, but not the true memory.

Tea Obreht quotes: Years of fighting, andm before that, a lifetime on the cusp of it. Conflict we didn't understand ... had been at the center of everything.

Years of fighting, andm before that, a lifetime on the cusp of it. Conflict we didn't understand ... had been at the center of everything.

Tea Obreht quotes: I do no writing while I'm in Belgrade visiting my grandma.

I do no writing while I'm in Belgrade visiting my grandma.

Tea Obreht quotes: I've always written about animals. I'm still trying to process why that is.

I've always written about animals. I'm still trying to process why that is.

Tea Obreht quotes: I think the mythology of death really ran away with me when I was very young.

I think the mythology of death really ran away with me when I was very young.

Tea Obreht quotes: Come on, is your heart a sponge or a fist?

Come on, is your heart a sponge or a fist?

Tea Obreht quotes: Death should be celebrated ... when you put something in the ground you always know where it is

Death should be celebrated ... when you put something in the ground you always know where it is

Tea Obreht quotes: I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.

I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.

Tea Obreht quotes: My grandfather and I were very close.

My grandfather and I were very close.

Tea Obreht quotes: My road to publishing actually came through a colleague who connected me to my agent, and the faculty at Cornell was very supportive.

My road to publishing actually came through a colleague who connected me to my agent, and the faculty at Cornell was very supportive.

Tea Obreht quotes: It is as if, having stepped into a room, a man can no longer see the door through which he has come, and so cannot leave.

It is as if, having stepped into a room, a man can no longer see the door through which he has come, and so cannot leave.

Tea Obreht quotes: Grandfather recently died. He died alone on a trip away from home in a town where no one expected him to be

Grandfather recently died. He died alone on a trip away from home in a town where no one expected him to be

Tea Obreht quotes: What inspires me most to write is the act of traveling.

What inspires me most to write is the act of traveling.

Tea Obreht quotes: In the mess of moving from place to place, I skipped two grades in the space of one year.

In the mess of moving from place to place, I skipped two grades in the space of one year.

Tea Obreht quotes: We were seventeen, furious at everything because we didn't know what else to do with the fact that the war was over.

We were seventeen, furious at everything because we didn't know what else to do with the fact that the war was over.