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Elizabeth Strout Quotes

Without a doubt my mother was an inspiration for my writing. This is true in many ways, but mostly because she is a wonderful storyteller, without even knowing it Picture Quote #1

Oh, I wish I organized my books. But I don’t. I’m not an organized person. The best I can do is put the books I really like in one sort of general area, and poetry in another Picture Quote #1

I’ve always been tremendously interested in criminal law. It goes to a deep interest I have in prisons and the criminal element, and what we do as a society with it. I’ve always been touched by the idea of criminality Picture Quote #1

And it was too late. No one wants to believe something is too late, but it is always becoming too late, and then it is Picture Quote #1

I suspect the most we can hope for, and it's no small hope, is that we never give up, that we never stop giving ourselves permission to try to love and receive love Picture Quote #1

Or maybe, he thought, returning to the boxes, it was part of being Catholic - you were made to feel guilty about everything Picture Quote #1

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It seems to Henry, as he takes his seat in his usual middle pew, that women are far braver than men Picture Quote #1

But after a certain point in a marriage, you stopped having a certain kind of fight, Olive thought, because when the years behind you were more than the years in front of you, things were different Picture Quote #1

Had they known at these moments to be quietly joyful? Most likely not. People mostly did not know enough when they were living life that they were living it Picture Quote #1

But here they were, and Olive pictured two slices of Swiss cheese pressed together, such holes they brought to this union - what pieces life took out of you Picture Quote #1

Hope was a cancer inside him. He didn't want it; he did not want it. He could not bear these shoots of tender green hope springing up within him any longer Picture Quote #1

He wanted to put his arms around her, but she had a darkness that seemed to stand beside her like an acquaintance that would not go away Picture Quote #1

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But Henry was pretty irritating himself, with his steadfast way of remaining naive, as though life were just what a Sears catalogue told you it was: everyone standing around smiling Picture Quote #1

Rebecca, standing at the window, felt a tiny smile inside her getting larger - how delicious it would be: one moment of perfect joy, propped up and righteous with booze, to let that first punch fly Picture Quote #1

She pictured a dandelion gone by, the white, almost airless pieces of her family scattered so far. The key to contentment was to never ask why; she had learned that long ago Picture Quote #1

Don't be scared of your hunger. If you're scared of your hunger, you'll just be one more ninny like everyone else Picture Quote #1

My mother did not like Unitarians; she thought they were atheists who didn't want to be left out of the fun of Christmas Picture Quote #1

I’m writing for my ideal reader, for somebody who’s willing to take the time, who’s willing to get lost in a new world, who’s willing to do their part. But then I have to do my part and give them a sound and a voice that they believe in enough to keep going Picture Quote #1

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He knew the quiet that arrived, the blinding force of panic, and he knew too that each loss brought with it some odd, barely acknowledged sense of relief Picture Quote #1

The facts didn't matter. Their stories mattered, and each of their stories belonged to each of them alone Picture Quote #1

He thought of all the people in the world who felt they'd been saved by a city. He was one of them Picture Quote #1

What frightened her the most was the moment of those first notes, because that was when people really listened: She was changing the atmosphere in the room Picture Quote #1

She always played his song because whenever she saw him, it was like moving into a warm pocket of air Picture Quote #1

I'm so interested in the fact that we really don't know anybody. We think we know the people close to us, but we don't, we really don't Picture Quote #1

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And yet, standing behind her son, waiting for the traffic light change, she remembered how in the midst of it all there had been a time when she’d felt a loneliness so deep that once, not so many years ago, having a cavity filled, the dentist’s gentle turning of her chin with his soft fingers had felt to her like a tender kindness of almost excruciating depth, and she had swallowed with a groan of longing, tears springing to her eyes Picture Quote #1

You couldn’t make yourself stop feeling a certain way, no matter what the other person did. You had to just wait. Eventually the feeling went away because others came along. Or sometimes it didn’t go away but got squeezed into something tiny, and hung like a piece of tinsel in the back of your mind Picture Quote #1

She remembered was hope was, and this was it. That inner churning that moves you forward, plows you through life the way the boats plowed the shiny water, the way the plane was plowing forward to a place new, and where she was needed Picture Quote #1

I do reread, kind of obsessively, partly for the surprise of how the same book reads at a different point in life, and partly to have the sense of returning to an old friend Picture Quote #1

I don’t think there was a particular book that made me want to write. They all did. I always wanted to write Picture Quote #1

People like to think the younger generation's job is to steer the world to hell. But it's never true, is it? They're hopeful and good - and that's how it should be Picture Quote #1

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Without a doubt my mother was an inspiration for my writing. This is true in many ways, but mostly because she is a wonderful storyteller, without even knowing it (Elizabeth Strout Quotes) Oh, I wish I organized my books. But I don’t. I’m not an organized person. The best I can do is put the books I really like in one sort of general area, and poetry in another (Elizabeth Strout Quotes) I’ve always been tremendously interested in criminal law. It goes to a deep interest I have in prisons and the criminal element, and what we do as a society with it. I’ve always been touched by the idea of criminality (Elizabeth Strout Quotes) And it was too late. No one wants to believe something is too late, but it is always becoming too late, and then it is (Elizabeth Strout Quotes) I suspect the most we can hope for, and it's no small hope, is that we never give up, that we never stop giving ourselves permission to try to love and receive love (Elizabeth Strout Quotes) Or maybe, he thought, returning to the boxes, it was part of being Catholic - you were made to feel guilty about everything (Elizabeth Strout Quotes) It seems to Henry, as he takes his seat in his usual middle pew, that women are far braver than men (Elizabeth Strout Quotes) But after a certain point in a marriage, you stopped having a certain kind of fight, Olive thought, because when the years behind you were more than the years in front of you, things were different (Elizabeth Strout Quotes) Had they known at these moments to be quietly joyful? Most likely not. People mostly did not know enough when they were living life that they were living it (Elizabeth Strout Quotes) But here they were, and Olive pictured two slices of Swiss cheese pressed together, such holes they brought to this union - what pieces life took out of you (Elizabeth Strout Quotes) Hope was a cancer inside him. He didn't want it; he did not want it. He could not bear these shoots of tender green hope springing up within him any longer (Elizabeth Strout Quotes) He wanted to put his arms around her, but she had a darkness that seemed to stand beside her like an acquaintance that would not go away (Elizabeth Strout Quotes) But Henry was pretty irritating himself, with his steadfast way of remaining naive, as though life were just what a Sears catalogue told you it was: everyone standing around smiling (Elizabeth Strout Quotes) Rebecca, standing at the window, felt a tiny smile inside her getting larger - how delicious it would be: one moment of perfect joy, propped up and righteous with booze, to let that first punch fly (Elizabeth Strout Quotes) She pictured a dandelion gone by, the white, almost airless pieces of her family scattered so far. The key to contentment was to never ask why; she had learned that long ago (Elizabeth Strout Quotes) Don't be scared of your hunger. If you're scared of your hunger, you'll just be one more ninny like everyone else (Elizabeth Strout Quotes) My mother did not like Unitarians; she thought they were atheists who didn't want to be left out of the fun of Christmas (Elizabeth Strout Quotes) I’m writing for my ideal reader, for somebody who’s willing to take the time, who’s willing to get lost in a new world, who’s willing to do their part. But then I have to do my part and give them a sound and a voice that they believe in enough to keep going (Elizabeth Strout Quotes) He knew the quiet that arrived, the blinding force of panic, and he knew too that each loss brought with it some odd, barely acknowledged sense of relief (Elizabeth Strout Quotes) The facts didn't matter. Their stories mattered, and each of their stories belonged to each of them alone (Elizabeth Strout Quotes) He thought of all the people in the world who felt they'd been saved by a city. He was one of them (Elizabeth Strout Quotes) What frightened her the most was the moment of those first notes, because that was when people really listened: She was changing the atmosphere in the room (Elizabeth Strout Quotes) She always played his song because whenever she saw him, it was like moving into a warm pocket of air (Elizabeth Strout Quotes) I'm so interested in the fact that we really don't know anybody. We think we know the people close to us, but we don't, we really don't (Elizabeth Strout Quotes) And yet, standing behind her son, waiting for the traffic light change, she remembered how in the midst of it all there had been a time when she’d felt a loneliness so deep that once, not so many years ago, having a cavity filled, the dentist’s gentle turning of her chin with his soft fingers had felt to her like a tender kindness of almost excruciating depth, and she had swallowed with a groan of longing, tears springing to her eyes (Elizabeth Strout Quotes) You couldn’t make yourself stop feeling a certain way, no matter what the other person did. You had to just wait. Eventually the feeling went away because others came along. Or sometimes it didn’t go away but got squeezed into something tiny, and hung like a piece of tinsel in the back of your mind (Elizabeth Strout Quotes) She remembered was hope was, and this was it. That inner churning that moves you forward, plows you through life the way the boats plowed the shiny water, the way the plane was plowing forward to a place new, and where she was needed (Elizabeth Strout Quotes) I do reread, kind of obsessively, partly for the surprise of how the same book reads at a different point in life, and partly to have the sense of returning to an old friend (Elizabeth Strout Quotes) I don’t think there was a particular book that made me want to write. They all did. I always wanted to write (Elizabeth Strout Quotes) People like to think the younger generation's job is to steer the world to hell. But it's never true, is it? They're hopeful and good - and that's how it should be (Elizabeth Strout Quotes)

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