Anne Tyler Quotes
Anne Tyler Quotes
I'm beginning to think that maybe it's not just how much you love someone. Maybe what matters is who you are when you're with them.
2533It seems to me that since I've had children, I've grown richer and deeper. They may have slowed down my writing for a while, but when I did write, I had more of a self to speak from.
4199The one ironclad rule is that I have to try. I have to walk into my writing room and pick up my pen every weekday morning.
1766But what I hope for in a book - either one that I write or one that I read - is transparency. I want the story to shine through. I don't want to think of the writer.
3630It is very difficult to live among people you love and hold back from offering them advice.
3916I've never quite believed that one chance is all I get
2886Ah, God, it's barbaric, however you look at it,' he told Ruth.
'What, cremation?' she asked.
'Death.
1797It struck her all at once that dealing with other human beings was an awful lot of work.
3367Why wasn't there an etiquette book for runaway wives?
4437It wasn't what you said", he told her."It was how I felt when you said it".
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