Home / Quotes / Quote by Anita Shreve

Quote by Anita Shreve

“Odd how intensely you knew a person, or thought you did, when you were in love-soaked, drenched in love-only to discover later that perhaps you didn't know that person quite as well as you had imagined.”

Quote by Anita Shreve

Author

Anita Shreve is an American author known for her emotionally rich and skillfully narrated works, primarily focusing on themes of family, love, and women's growth. more

You May Also Like

“I'm a satirist, so I've got boxing gloves on if the person is worthy of satire. But I'm not an assassin. If that ever happens, it's only because something happened during the interview that got me going, and then I had to translate my feelings to the mouth of the character.”

Ifs Persons Character Feelings Happens Happened Mouths Worthy Interviews Boxing Satire Translate Gloves Assassins Satirist Boxing Gloves Boxing Ring

Author:Stephen Colbert

“We have this idea in our mind that there's a separation of church and state in America, which I think is a good thing. And we extend that to our politics. Like it's not just church and state, but it's also there's a separation of religion and politics. But of course, there - there isn't.”

Thinking Mind Ideas States America Courses Church Good Things Separation Church And State Separation Of Church And State Religion And Politics

Author:Stephen Colbert

“I don't accept the status quo. I do accept Visa, MasterCard, or American Express.”

Accepting Status Quo Visa American Express

Author:Stephen Colbert

“Kim Kardashian is saddled with a huge arse ... but enough about Kanye West”

Enough Huge West Kim Arses

Author:Stewart Francis

“The trouble with the jokes is that once they're written, I know how they're supposed to work, and all I can do is not hit them. I'm more comfortable improvising. If I have just two or three ideas and I know how the character feels, what the character wants, everything in between is like trapeze work.”

Ifs Knows Want Feels I Can Two Ideas Character Three Can Do Know How Written Trouble Comfortable Jokes Improvising Trapeze

Author:Stephen Colbert

“My mom kind of led me toward acting. She wanted to be an actress when she was younger. That made me interested in it when I was a kid, because she and I are very close.”

Kind Made Kids Wanted Acting Mom My Mom Actresses

Author:Stephen Colbert

“I love being onstage. I love the relationship with the audience. I love the letting go, the sense of discovery, the improvising.”

Love Is Audience Letting Go Discovery Improvising

Author:Stephen Colbert

“My brother Billy was the joke teller. My brother Jim had a really sharp, cutting wit. And the teller of long stories, that was my brother Ed. As a child, I just absorbed everything they said, and I was always in competition for the laughs.”

Children Long Said Stories Laughing Cutting Brother Jokes Competition Wit My Brother They Said Long Story

Author:Stephen Colbert

“A good, all-loving god would not destroy his creations no matter how they act. He tells parents to love their children unconditionally. I say 'you first, God.'”

Firsts Children Matter Parent Creation Loving God

Author:Ryan Hofmeister

“Man is the product of causes which had no prevision of the end they were achieving; his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and beliefs, are but the outcome of accidental collocations of atoms; no fire, no heroism, no intensity of though and feeling, can preserve an individual life beyond the grave.”

Source: Why I Am Not a Christian: And Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects