For me, the short story is the depth of a novel, the breadth of a poem, and, as you come to the last few paragraphs, the experience of surprise.

- Amy Bloom

Everyone has two memories. The one you can tell and the one that is stuck to the underside of that, the dark, tarry smear of what happened.

- Amy Bloom

Be real and unashamed. Even of your faults.

- Amy Bloom

You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.

- Amy Bloom

Some people are your family no matter when you find them, and some people are not, even if you are laid, still wet and crumpled, in their arms.

- Amy Bloom

Intimacy is being seen and known as the person you truly are.

- Amy Bloom

The library is every child's lighthouse. It is every person's sanctuary. It is every town and county's fortress in the face of ignorance, intrusi…

- Amy Bloom

Marriage is not a ritual or an end. It is a long, intricate, intimate dance together and nothing matters more than your own sense of balance and your…

- Amy Bloom

It takes something to get married: nerve, hope, a strong desire to make a certain statement - and it takes something to stay married: more hope, dete…

- Amy Bloom