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Nancy Horan is an American author known for her historical novels, which often focus on the lives of women in specific historical contexts. Her works are praised for their deep emotional resonance and rich historical detail.

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“As he watches the sun rise, what grieves him is that he failed her. He thinks of the terror she felt. They tell him it was quick, as if that will somehow confine the horror.”

Death Murder Grieving

Book:Loving Frank

Source: Loving Frank

“A chronic invalid has but one thought about his identity: He doesn't want to be a sick man. The rest of the discussion seems frivolous to him-an immense privilege of the healthy. Still, I'm a novelist, and so I pursue it.”

Identity Illness Chronic Sickness And Health

Author:Nancy Horan

“I always use primary sources, in addition to reading biographies and other materials.”

Use Reading Materials Source Primaries Biographies Primary Source Reading Biographies

Author:Nancy Horan

“I have been standing on the side of life, watching it float by. I want to swim in the river. I want to feel the current. -Loving Frank”

Want Feels Has Beens Sides Standing Rivers Currents Swim Frank Floats

Author:Nancy Horan

“It has always been on the written page that the world has come into focus for me. If I can piece all these bits of memory together with the diaries and letters and the scribbled thoughts that clutter my mind and bookshelves, then maybe I can explain what happened. Maybe the worlds I have inhabited for the past seven years will assume order and logic and wholeness on paper. Maybe I can tell my story in a way that is useful to someone else.”

Source: Loving Frank: A Novel

“It's wonderful to feel desired. There's a sense of power in it, really.”

Feels Wonderful

Book:Loving Frank (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel

Source: Loving Frank (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel

“Don't you see what's happened? You wanted to be in love again. To feel that feeling where a man you hardly know gazes into your eyes and seems to be the only human being who ever understood the real you.”

Knows Men Feels Humans Real Feelings Seems Eye Wanted Human Beings Happened Understood I Love You Real You Love Again

Book:Loving Frank: A Novel

Source: Loving Frank: A Novel

“In the end, what really matters? Only kindness. Only making somebody a little happier for your presence.”

Life Littles Ends Matter Kindness Your Presence

Author:Nancy Horan

“It's not good to live so much inside oneself. It's a self-imposed exile, really. It makes you different.”

Different Self Oneself Exile

Book:Loving Frank: A Novel

Source: Loving Frank: A Novel

“I love you so much. I love you enough that I want to stay separate from you. You're an extraordinary man, Frank Wright. I could so easily lose myself in your world and never make a world of my own. And where would that leave us? We'd both be bored stupid.”

Men World Want Love Enough Loses My Own Love You Stupid Extraordinary Bored Frank Love You So Much I Love You So Much

Book:Loving Frank: A Novel

Source: Loving Frank: A Novel

“How small we humans are. All our scrambling around, trying to buttress ourselves against death. All our efforts to insulate ourselves against uncertainty with codes of behavior and meaningless busyness.”

Trying Humans Effort Behavior Uncertainty Code Meaningless

Book:Loving Frank (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel

Source: Loving Frank (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel

“What did a person need to survive? Food. Water. Shelter. Warmth in cold weather. And something else... books.”

Needs Persons Book Water Cold Weather Warmth Shelter Cold Weather

Book:Loving Frank (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel

Source: Loving Frank (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel

“I'm like the trunk of a cactus... I take in a dose of culture and time with friends, then I retreat and go live on it for awhile until I get thirsty again.”

Culture Retreat Dose Thirsty Trunks Cactus Times With Friends

Book:Loving Frank: A Novel

Source: Loving Frank: A Novel

“It has always been on the written page that the world has come into focus for me.”

World Focus Written Pages

Book:Loving Frank: A Novel

Source: Loving Frank: A Novel

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