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Ann Patchett Quotes

Ann Patchett quotes about she

American Author December 2, 1963

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Like her mother and all her mother's people before her, those inexhaustible blondes who staked their claims in verdant prairies, Marina was cut from Minnesota, the soil and the starry night. Instead of growing up inquisitive and restless, she had developed a profound desire to stay, as if her center of gravity was so low it connected her directly to this particular patch of earth. Ann Patchett
Marina brushed her hand across the back of her neck and dislodged something with a hard shell. She had learned in time to brush instead of slap as slapping only served to pump the entire contents of the insect, which was doubtlessly already burrowed into the skin with some entomological protuberance, straight into the bloodstream. Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett quote: "Instead, he was astonished by what he had: the chance to sit..."
Instead, he was astonished by what he had: the chance to sit beside this woman in the late afternoon light while she read. Ann Patchett
Whenever I saw her, I felt like I had been living in another country, doing moderately well in another language, and then she showed up speaking English and suddenly I could speak with all the complexity and nuance that I hadn't realized was gone. With Lucy I was a native speaker. Ann Patchett
It was nothing like Roxanne singing, where it seemed that everyone's heart would have to wait until she finished before it could beat again. Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett quote: "She was his wife in every way that mattered and that would..."
She was his wife in every way that mattered and that would save her. Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett quote: "At least she was not a tall woman. She was a pixie, a pocket..."
At least she was not a tall woman. She was a pixie, a pocket Venus. Ann Patchett

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