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Ann Patchett Quotes

Ann Patchett quotes

American Author December 2, 1963

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Ann Patchett quote: "She understood in life that a person was only allowed one trip..."
She understood in life that a person was only allowed one trip down to hell. Ann Patchett
He doesn’t know to want for more because nothing in his life has been as much as this...on that night he thinks that no one has ever had so much and only later will he know he should have asked for more. Ann Patchett
Well, I always say that the two things I was most disastrous at in my life, being a teenager and being a wife, were the two things I really wound up cashing in on when I was writing fluffy magazine pieces. Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett quote: "She sang as if she was saving the life of every person in the..."
She sang as if she was saving the life of every person in the room. Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett quote: "If want a person wants is his life, he tends to be quiet about..."
If want a person wants is his life, he tends to be quiet about wanting anything else. Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett quote: "I will write my way into another life."
I will write my way into another life. Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett quote: "The thing you can count on in life is that Tennessee will..."
The thing you can count on in life is that Tennessee will always be scorching hot in August. Ann Patchett
Maybe the private life wasn't forever. Maybe everyone got it for a little while and then spent the rest of their lives remembering. Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett quote: "shame should be reserved for the things we choose to do, not..."
shame should be reserved for the things we choose to do, not the circumstances that life puts on us Ann Patchett
Our friendship was like our writing in some ways. It was the only thing that was interesting about our otherwise dull lives. We were better off when we were together. Together we were a small society of ambition and high ideals. We were tender and patient and kind. We were not like the world at all. Ann Patchett
Shy Carmen, always hanging back from the others, who knew she could smile? But at the sight of that smile he would have promised her anything. He was just barely awake. Or maybe he was not awake at all. Had he wanted her and not known it? Had he wanted her so much that he dreamed she was lying beside him now? The things our minds keep from us, Gen thought. The secrets we keep even from ourselves. Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett quote: "Happiness compresses time, makes it dense and bright,..."
Happiness compresses time, makes it dense and bright, pocketsized. Ann Patchett
Carmen prayed hard. She prayed while standing near the priest in hopes it would give her request extra credibility. What she prayed for was nothing. She prayed that God would look on them and see the beauty of their existence and leave them alone. Ann Patchett
She's a nice girl," Tennessee said as a way of saying goodbye to them, as a way of saying thank you and I'm sorry, as a way of saying, I wish I had never let you go and I wish we had never met. Ann Patchett
Certain things existed out of time. It was ten years ago, it was this morning. In that way the accident was like his mother's death. It did not recede so much as hover, waxing and waning at different intervals but always there. It happened in the past and it was always happening. It happened every single minute of the day. Ann Patchett

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