Thank God Roxane Coss had not fallen in love with one of the Russians. She doubted they could make it up the stairs without stopping for a cigarette and telling at least one loud story that no one could understand.
I believe that, more than anything else, this grief of constantly having to face down our own inadequacies is what keeps people from being writers. F… - Ann Patchett
I believe that, more than anything else, this grief of constantly having to face down our own inadequacies is what keeps people from being writers. F…
- Ann Patchett
Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us more empathetic beings. Following co… - Ann Patchett
Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us more empathetic beings. Following co…
Reading fiction not only develops our imagination and creativity, it gives us the skills to be alone. It gives us the ability to feel empathy for peo… - Ann Patchett
Reading fiction not only develops our imagination and creativity, it gives us the skills to be alone. It gives us the ability to feel empathy for peo…
Because of her singing they all went away feeling moved, feeling comforted, feeling, perhaps, the slightest tremors of faith. - Ann Patchett
Because of her singing they all went away feeling moved, feeling comforted, feeling, perhaps, the slightest tremors of faith.
It is said the sesta is one of the only gifts the Europeans brought to South America, but I imagine the Brazilians could have figured out how to slee… - Ann Patchett
It is said the sesta is one of the only gifts the Europeans brought to South America, but I imagine the Brazilians could have figured out how to slee…
Using your imagination is the one time in life you can really go anywhere. - Ann Patchett
Using your imagination is the one time in life you can really go anywhere.
You throw a person in the river and then make a spectacle of jumping in to save them. - Ann Patchett
You throw a person in the river and then make a spectacle of jumping in to save them.
Happiness compresses time, makes it dense and bright, pocketsized. - Ann Patchett
Happiness compresses time, makes it dense and bright, pocketsized.
Show kindness whenever possible. Show it to the people in front of you, the people coming up behind you, and the people with whom you are running nec… - Ann Patchett
Show kindness whenever possible. Show it to the people in front of you, the people coming up behind you, and the people with whom you are running nec…
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