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Lorrie Moore Quotes

Love is art, not truth. It’s like painting scenery Picture Quote #1

People will do anything, anything, for a really nice laugh Picture Quote #1

Plots are for dead people Picture Quote #1

But I believed in starting over. There was finally, I knew, only rupture and hurt and falling short between all persons, but, Shirley, the best revenge was to turn your life into a small gathering of miracles. If I could not be anchored and profound, I would try, at least, to be kind Picture Quote #1

Nothing’s a joke with me. It just all comes out like one Picture Quote #1

I grew up with ‘Life’ magazine on the coffee table, Life cereal on the breakfast table, and the game of Life on the card table. People were just so happy to be alive, I guess Picture Quote #1

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Those are the love killers. They love you and then they kill you. They’re from another planet. Supposedly Picture Quote #1

Nabokov’s adventures in language and style and naked braininess are really unparalleled Picture Quote #1

To me, writing is much freer than dancing. With writing, you could do it whenever you wanted. You didn’t have to do little exercises and stay in shape. You could have great moments of inspiration that advanced the story. In dance, unless you’re going to choreograph things yourself, you’re at the service of someone else Picture Quote #1

I wished for eternal and intriguing muteness. I would be the Mysterious Dumb Girl, the Enigmatic Elf. The human voice no longer interested me Picture Quote #1

Basically, I realized I was living in that awful stage of life between twenty-six to and thirty-seven known as stupidity. It’s when you don’t know anything, not even as much as you did when you were younger, and you don’t even have a philosophy about all the things you don’t know, the way you did when you were twenty or would again when you were thirty-eight Picture Quote #1

Twenty-year-olds have a kind of emotional idealism about relationships and about the world that enables them to say, ‘No, you lied to me. Goodbye.’ When they see wickedness, they walk away Picture Quote #1

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Personally I’ve never put much store by honesty- I mean how can you trust a word whose first letter you don’t even pronounce Picture Quote #1

Perhaps she drives men away. Perhaps, without even being able to help herself, she just puts men into her ill-tempered car and drives them off: to quarries, dumps, small anonymous bodies of water Picture Quote #1

I’ve had nonstop financial problems my whole adult life. It’s always been a constant balance, year to year: ‘Where’s the time? Where’s the money?’ Picture Quote #1

Adults are living increasingly as children: completely in their imaginations. Reading Harry Potter while every newspaper in the country goes out of business. They know so little that is real Picture Quote #1

It was not miserable - often I did not miss her at all. But there was sometimes a quick, sinking ache when I walked in the door and saw she was not there. Twice, however, I’d felt the same sinking feeling when she was Picture Quote #1

She smiled at him, with longing. ‘Where do you live,’ she asked, ‘and how do I get there? Picture Quote #1

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That is what is wrong with cold people. Not that they have ice in their souls - we all have a bit of that - but that they insist every word and deed mirror that ice. They never learn the beauty or value of gesture. The emotional necessity. For them, it is all honesty before kindness, truth before art. Love is art, not truth. It’s like painting scenery Picture Quote #1

We had put almost all of our possessions in storage, which was a metaphor for being twenty, as were so many things Picture Quote #1

There seemed nothing so true as a yellow tree Picture Quote #1

Love is art, not truth. It’s like painting scenery Picture Quote #1

To write a short story, you have to be able to stay up all night Picture Quote #1

Most things good for writing are bad for life Picture Quote #1

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All the world’s a stage we’re going through Picture Quote #1

People love gossip because it’s slightly removed from actuality. It’s a very literary thing... You can hear a great story, and it turns out that it’s largely not true. Fiction writing is like gossip. It’s not malicious gossip, but it’s gossip Picture Quote #1

I’ve been falsely accused of drawing too much from real life. But I am a petty thief - I take little things. And, I mean, I can hardly write 10 words before I start to make things up. I start to invent, because that’s what I want to do. I’m running away to an invented place Picture Quote #1

I do have people in mind when I write. I don’t know precisely who they are, however, or how many of them there are Picture Quote #1

I don’t sit down to write a funny story. Every single thing I sit down to write is meant to be sad Picture Quote #1

I’ve never been to a dinner party where everyone at the dinner table didn’t say something funny Picture Quote #1

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Love is art, not truth. It’s like painting scenery. (Lorrie Moore Quotes) People will do anything, anything, for a really nice laugh (Lorrie Moore Quotes) Plots are for dead people (Lorrie Moore Quotes) But I believed in starting over. There was finally, I knew, only rupture and hurt and falling short between all persons, but, Shirley, the best revenge was to turn your life into a small gathering of miracles. If I could not be anchored and profound, I would try, at least, to be kind (Lorrie Moore Quotes) Nothing’s a joke with me. It just all comes out like one (Lorrie Moore Quotes) I grew up with ‘Life’ magazine on the coffee table, Life cereal on the breakfast table, and the game of Life on the card table. People were just so happy to be alive, I guess. (Lorrie Moore Quotes) Those are the love killers. They love you and then they kill you. They’re from another planet. Supposedly. (Lorrie Moore Quotes) Nabokov’s adventures in language and style and naked braininess are really unparalleled (Lorrie Moore Quotes) To me, writing is much freer than dancing. With writing, you could do it whenever you wanted. You didn’t have to do little exercises and stay in shape. You could have great moments of inspiration that advanced the story. In dance, unless you’re going to choreograph things yourself, you’re at the service of someone else (Lorrie Moore Quotes) I wished for eternal and intriguing muteness. I would be the Mysterious Dumb Girl, the Enigmatic Elf. The human voice no longer interested me (Lorrie Moore Quotes) Basically, I realized I was living in that awful stage of life between twenty-six to and thirty-seven known as stupidity. It’s when you don’t know anything, not even as much as you did when you were younger, and you don’t even have a philosophy about all the things you don’t know, the way you did when you were twenty or would again when you were thirty-eight (Lorrie Moore Quotes) Twenty-year-olds have a kind of emotional idealism about relationships and about the world that enables them to say, ‘No, you lied to me. Goodbye.’ When they see wickedness, they walk away (Lorrie Moore Quotes) Personally I’ve never put much store by honesty- I mean how can you trust a word whose first letter you don’t even pronounce (Lorrie Moore Quotes) Perhaps she drives men away. Perhaps, without even being able to help herself, she just puts men into her ill-tempered car and drives them off: to quarries, dumps, small anonymous bodies of water (Lorrie Moore Quotes) I’ve had nonstop financial problems my whole adult life. It’s always been a constant balance, year to year: ‘Where’s the time? Where’s the money?’ (Lorrie Moore Quotes) Adults are living increasingly as children: completely in their imaginations. Reading Harry Potter while every newspaper in the country goes out of business. They know so little that is real (Lorrie Moore Quotes) It was not miserable - often I did not miss her at all. But there was sometimes a quick, sinking ache when I walked in the door and saw she was not there. Twice, however, I’d felt the same sinking feeling when she was (Lorrie Moore Quotes) She smiled at him, with longing. ‘Where do you live,’ she asked, ‘and how do I get there? (Lorrie Moore Quotes) That is what is wrong with cold people. Not that they have ice in their souls - we all have a bit of that - but that they insist every word and deed mirror that ice. They never learn the beauty or value of gesture. The emotional necessity. For them, it is all honesty before kindness, truth before art. Love is art, not truth. It’s like painting scenery (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 (Lorrie Moore Quotes) There seemed nothing so true as a yellow tree (Lorrie Moore Quotes) Love is art, not truth. It’s like painting scenery (Lorrie Moore Quotes) To write a short story, you have to be able to stay up all night (Lorrie Moore Quotes) Most things good for writing are bad for life (Lorrie Moore Quotes) All the world’s a stage we’re going through (Lorrie Moore Quotes) People love gossip because it’s slightly removed from actuality. It’s a very literary thing... You can hear a great story, and it turns out that it’s largely not true. Fiction writing is like gossip. It’s not malicious gossip, but it’s gossip. (Lorrie Moore Quotes) I’ve been falsely accused of drawing too much from real life. But I am a petty thief - I take little things. And, I mean, I can hardly write 10 words before I start to make things up. I start to invent, because that’s what I want to do. I’m running away to an invented place. (Lorrie Moore Quotes) I do have people in mind when I write. I don’t know precisely who they are, however, or how many of them there are. (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. (Lorrie Moore Quotes) I’ve never been to a dinner party where everyone at the dinner table didn’t say something funny. (Lorrie Moore Quotes)

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