You get to be a certain age and you start reading stuff about the age you are, and you think, what is… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
So much of what I see reminds me of something I read in a book, when shouldn't it be the other way… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
When I buy a new book, I always read the last page first, that way in case I die before I finish,… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
“I always read the last page of a book first so that if I die before I finish I'll know how it… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
... the state of rapture I experience when I read a wonderful book is one of the main reasons I read; but… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
Why do people write books that say it's better to be older than to be younger? It's not better. Even if you… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
I've just surfaced from spending several days in a state of rapture: I was reading a book... I felt alive and engaged… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
I want to talk to her. I want to have lunch with her. I want her to give me a book she… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
Everyone always asks, was he mad at you for writing the book? and I have to say, Yes, yes, he was. He… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wonder about my life. I lead a small life - well, valuable, but small - and sometimes I wonder, do… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
If pregnancy were a book, they would cut the last two chapters. The beginning is glorious, especially if you're lucky enough not… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
There is something called the rapture of the deep, and it refers to what happens when a deep-sea diver spends too much… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
Reading is everything. Reading makes me feel like I've accomplished something, learned something, become a better person. Reading makes me smarter. Reading… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
From the essay "Twenty-five Things People Have a Shocking Capacity to Be Surprised by Over and Over Again" 1. Journalists sometimes make… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
“[S]ometimes, when you are a food person, the possible irrelevance of what you are doing doesn’t cross your mind until it’s too late. (Once,… — Nora Ephron Copy Share
“That's the catch about betrayal, of course: that it feels good, that there's something immensely pleasurable about moving from a complicated relationship which involves… — Nora Ephron Copy Share
“The whole purpose of places like Starbucks is for people with no decision-making ability whatsoever to make six decisions just to buy one cup… — Nora Ephron Copy Share
Death is a sniper. It strikes people you love, people you like, people you know - it's everywhere. You could be next. But then… — Nora Ephron Copy Share
'When you slip on a banana peel, people laugh at you. When you tell people you slipped on a banana peel, it's your laugh.' — Nora Ephron Copy Share
“I wish he were better at hailing taxis than I am; on the other hand, I realize that expectation is culturally conditioned, utterly foolish,… — Nora Ephron Copy Share
You enter into a certain amount of madness when you marry a person with pets. — Nora Ephron Copy Share
I never went near the Wellesley College chapel in my four years there, but I am still amazed at the amount of Christian charity… — Nora Ephron Copy Share
You can't call yourself a feminist if you don't believe in the right to abortion. — Nora Ephron Copy Share
“I always read the last page of a book first so that if I die before I finish I'll know how it turned out.” — Nora Ephron Copy Share
“If I was home alone at night, I cooked myself an entire meal from one of these cookbooks. Then I sat down in front… — Nora Ephron Copy Share
“The next man I was involved with lived in Boston. He taught me to cook mushrooms. He taught me that if you heat the… — Nora Ephron Copy Share
“Whatever you choose, however many roads you travel, I hope that you choose not to be a lady. I hope you will find some… — Nora Ephron Copy Share
“I hear myself saying these words: What this movement is about is options. I say it to friends who are frustrated, or housebound, or… — Nora Ephron Copy Share
