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Lorrie Moore Quotes

She was unequal to anyone’s wistfulness. She had made too little of her life. Its loneliness shamed her like a crime Picture Quote #1

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

When she packed up to leave, she knew that she was saying goodbye to something important, which was not that bad, in a way, because it meant that at least you had said hello to it to begin with Picture Quote #1

Writers have no real area of expertise. They are merely generalists with a highly inflamed sense of punctuation Picture Quote #1

When you were six you thought mistress meant to put your shoes on the wrong feet. Now you are older and know it can mean many things, but essentially it means to put your shoes on the wrong feet Picture Quote #1

This is what happened in love. One of you cried a lot and then both of you grew sarcastic Picture Quote #1

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It is like having a book out from the library. It is like constantly having a book out from the library Picture Quote #1

Love drains you, takes with it much of your blood sugar and water weight. You are like a house slowly losing its electricity, the fans slowing, the lights dimming and flickering; the clocks stop and go and stop Picture Quote #1

This lunge at moral fastidiousness was something she’d noticed a lot in people around here. They were not good people. They were not kind. But they recycled their newspapers! Picture Quote #1

I love plays. Even bad ones. I like the fact that actual live, breathing people are standing before you in tense situations that you are not personally responsible for Picture Quote #1

Rather than a teaching tool, I think a novel is more of a witnessing entity. A witnessing entity? What is that? I just want the reader to step in and experience it as a story Picture Quote #1

Surely that was why faith had been invented: to raise teenagers without dying. Although of course it was also why death was invented: to escape teenagers altogether Picture Quote #1

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You know, as fiction writers, if our instincts are off, we can’t pay our bills Picture Quote #1

An author’s life is different, complex, and ongoing, while a character’s remains frozen in one little story Picture Quote #1

This was my modest dream come true: unambitious flight. The kind that never even got high enough for a view Picture Quote #1

As the most recently arrived to earthly life, children can seem in lingering possession of some heavenly lidless eye Picture Quote #1

You know, I’m just a very boring, not very funny person in person. I don’t feel pressured to be otherwise Picture Quote #1

I missed him. Love, I realized, was something your spine memorized. There was nothing you could do about that Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

For love to last, you had to have illusions or have no illusions at all. But you had to stick to one or the other. It was the switching back and forth that endangered things Picture Quote #1

Later I would come to believe that erotic ties were all a spell, a temporary psychosis, even a kind of violence, or at least they coexisted with these states 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

Decide that you like college life. In your dorm you meet many nice people. Some are smarter than you. And some, you notice, are dumber than you. You will continue, unfortunately, to view the world in exactly these terms for the rest of your life Picture Quote #1

You chose love like a belief, a faith, a place, a box for one’s heart to knock against like a spook in the house Picture Quote #1

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They had, finally, the only thing anyone really wants in life: someone to hold your hand when you die Picture Quote #1

A short story is a love affair, a novel is a marriage. A short story is a photograph; a novel is a film Picture Quote #1

Usually she ordered a cup of coffee and a cup of tea, as well as a brownie, propping up her sadness with chocolate and caffeine so that it became an anxiety 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 want to pretend there’s such a thing as requited love. As the endurance of love Picture Quote #1

I’ve come to realize that life, while being everything, is also strangely not much. Except when the light shines on it a different way and then you realize it’s a lot after all! Picture Quote #1

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She was unequal to anyone’s wistfulness. She had made too little of her life. Its loneliness shamed her like a crime (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) When she packed up to leave, she knew that she was saying goodbye to something important, which was not that bad, in a way, because it meant that at least you had said hello to it to begin with (Lorrie Moore Quotes) Writers have no real area of expertise. They are merely generalists with a highly inflamed sense of punctuation (Lorrie Moore Quotes) When you were six you thought mistress meant to put your shoes on the wrong feet. Now you are older and know it can mean many things, but essentially it means to put your shoes on the wrong feet (Lorrie Moore Quotes) This is what happened in love. One of you cried a lot and then both of you grew sarcastic (Lorrie Moore Quotes) It is like having a book out from the library. It is like constantly having a book out from the library (Lorrie Moore Quotes) Love drains you, takes with it much of your blood sugar and water weight. You are like a house slowly losing its electricity, the fans slowing, the lights dimming and flickering; the clocks stop and go and stop (Lorrie Moore Quotes) This lunge at moral fastidiousness was something she’d noticed a lot in people around here. They were not good people. They were not kind. But they recycled their newspapers! (Lorrie Moore Quotes) I love plays. Even bad ones. I like the fact that actual live, breathing people are standing before you in tense situations that you are not personally responsible for (Lorrie Moore Quotes) Rather than a teaching tool, I think a novel is more of a witnessing entity. A witnessing entity? What is that? I just want the reader to step in and experience it as a story (Lorrie Moore Quotes) Surely that was why faith had been invented: to raise teenagers without dying. Although of course it was also why death was invented: to escape teenagers altogether (Lorrie Moore Quotes) You know, as fiction writers, if our instincts are off, we can’t pay our bills (Lorrie Moore Quotes) An author’s life is different, complex, and ongoing, while a character’s remains frozen in one little story (Lorrie Moore Quotes) This was my modest dream come true: unambitious flight. The kind that never even got high enough for a view (Lorrie Moore Quotes) As the most recently arrived to earthly life, children can seem in lingering possession of some heavenly lidless eye (Lorrie Moore Quotes) You know, I’m just a very boring, not very funny person in person. I don’t feel pressured to be otherwise (Lorrie Moore Quotes) I missed him. Love, I realized, was something your spine memorized. There was nothing you could do about that (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 (Lorrie Moore Quotes) For love to last, you had to have illusions or have no illusions at all. But you had to stick to one or the other. It was the switching back and forth that endangered things (Lorrie Moore Quotes) Later I would come to believe that erotic ties were all a spell, a temporary psychosis, even a kind of violence, or at least they coexisted with these states (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) Decide that you like college life. In your dorm you meet many nice people. Some are smarter than you. And some, you notice, are dumber than you. You will continue, unfortunately, to view the world in exactly these terms for the rest of your life (Lorrie Moore Quotes) You chose love like a belief, a faith, a place, a box for one’s heart to knock against like a spook in the house (Lorrie Moore Quotes) They had, finally, the only thing anyone really wants in life: someone to hold your hand when you die (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 (Lorrie Moore Quotes) Usually she ordered a cup of coffee and a cup of tea, as well as a brownie, propping up her sadness with chocolate and caffeine so that it became an anxiety (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 want to pretend there’s such a thing as requited love. As the endurance of love (Lorrie Moore Quotes) I’ve come to realize that life, while being everything, is also strangely not much. Except when the light shines on it a different way and then you realize it’s a lot after all! (Lorrie Moore Quotes)

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