“I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place.”
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Famous Anne Tyler Quotes
Source: Celestial Navigation
“He wished he had inhabited more of his life, used it better, filled it fuller.”
Source: Anne Tyler: a new collection : three complete novels
“Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered she had turned into the wrong person.”
Source: Back When We Were Grownups
“She was good at talking with young people. She seemed to view them as interesting foreigners.”
Source: Noah's Compass: A Novel
Source: Anne Tyler: a new collection : three complete novels
“It is not how much you love someone, but who you are when you are with him.”
“When you have children, you're obligated to live.”
Source: Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
Source: Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
Source: Anne Tyler: Four Complete Novels
“...it's closeness that does you in. Never get too close to people, son.”
Source: Anne Tyler: Four Complete Novels
“It struck her all at once that dealing with other human beings was an awful lot of work.”
Source: Back when We Were Grownups: A Novel
“And she thought what a clean, simple life she would have led if it weren't for love.”
Source: Back When We Were Grownups
Source: Back When We Were Grownups
Source: Anne Tyler: Four Complete Novels
Source: Back when We Were Grownups: A Novel
Source: Anne Tyler: Four Complete Novels
“People who hadn't suffered a loss yet struck me as not quite grown up.”
“The very thing that attracts you to someone can end up putting you off.”
“While armchair travelers dream of going places, traveling armchairs dream of staying put.”
“I didn't really choose to write; I more or less fell into it.”
“I forget a book as soon as I finish writing it, which is not always a good thing”
“In real life I avoid all parties altogether, but on paper I can mingle with the best of them”