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Anne Tyler quotes about love

American Novelist October 25, 1941

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Why did popular songs always focus on romantic love? Why this preoccupation with first meetings, sad partings, honeyed kisses, heartbreak, when life was also full of children's births and trips to the shore and longtime jokes with friends? Once Maggie had seen on TV where archaeologists had just unearthed a fragment of music from who knows how many centuries B.C., and it was a boys lament for a girl who didn't love him back. Then besides the songs there were the magazine stories and the... Anne Tyler
He began to see the situation from another angle. An assignment had been given him. Someone’s life, a small set of lives had been placed in the palm of his hand. Maybe he would never have any more purpose than this: to accept the assignment gracefully, lovingly, and do the best he could with it. Anne Tyler
Anne Tyler quote: "And she thought what a clean, simple life she would have led..."
And she thought what a clean, simple life she would have led if it weren't for love. Anne Tyler
Call to mind a person you've lost that you will miss to the end of your days, and then imagine happening upon that person out in public. . . . You wouldn't question your sanity, because you couldn't bear to think this wasn't real. And you certainly wouldn't demand explanations, or alert anybody nearby, or reach out to touch this person, not even if you'd been feeling that one touch was worth giving everything up for. You would hold your breath. You would keep as still as possible. You... Anne Tyler
People imagine that missing a loved one works kind of like missing cigarettes,' he said. 'The first day is really hard but the next day is less hard and so forth, easier and easier the longer you go on. But instead it's like missing water. Every day, you notice the person's absence more. Anne Tyler
Anne Tyler quote: "It is not how much you love someone, but who you are when you..."
It is not how much you love someone, but who you are when you are with him. Anne Tyler
Anne Tyler quote: "It is very difficult to live among people you love and hold..."
It is very difficult to live among people you love and hold back from offering them advice. Anne Tyler
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. Anne Tyler
Anne Tyler quote: "Bravest thing about people is how they go on loving mortal..."
Bravest thing about people is how they go on loving mortal beings after finding out there's such a thing as dying. Anne Tyler
Anne Tyler quote: "...apparently you grow to love whom you're handed."
...apparently you grow to love whom you're handed. Anne Tyler

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