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Richard Russo is an American novelist born on July 15, 1949. His works are known for their vivid portrayal of life in the American Midwest, earning him widespread acclaim for their nuanced emotions and profound social insight.

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“... Baggott enjoys living on the knife edge between hilarity and heartbreak and that makes her a writer after my own heart.”

Heart Enjoy My Own Edges Knives Living On Hilarity

Author:Richard Russo

“After all, what was the whole wide world but a place for people to yearn for their heart's impossible desires, for those desires to become entrenched in defiance of logic, plausibility, and even the passage of time, as eternal as polished marble.”

People World Heart Whole Desire Impossible Eternal Logic Wide Passages Marble Defiance Polished Passage Of Time

Author:Richard Russo

“The line of gray along the horizon is brighter now, and with the coming light I feel a certainty: that there is, despite our wild imaginings, only one life. The ghostly others, no matter how real they seem, no matter how badly we need them, are phantoms. The one life we're left with is sufficient to fill and refill our imperfect hearts with joy, and then to shatter them. And it never, ever lets up.”

Needs Feels Heart Real Matter Light Seems Joy Left Lines Despite Certainty Sufficient Horizon Gray Imperfect Brighter Phantoms Refills

Author:Richard Russo

“To his surprise, she leaned over and kissed him on the forehead, a kiss so full of affection that it dispelled the awkwardness, even as it caused Miles' heart to plummet, because all kisses are calibrated, and this one revealed the great chasm between affection and love.”

Heart Kissing And Love Surprise Affection Miles Foreheads Awkwardness Chasms

Book:Empire Falls

Source: Empire Falls

“Was anything in the world truer than that intuitive leap of the heart?”

World Heart Leap Intuitive

Book:Empire Falls

Source: Empire Falls

About the Author

Born: July 15, 1949
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 114

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