“It was Henry's nature to listen, and many times during the week he would say, 'Gosh, I'm awful sorry to hear that,… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
“It was a sad moment. There are sad moments in life, and this was one of them.” — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
“And so there’s a struggle, or a contest, I guess you could say, all the time, it seems to me. And remorse,… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
“Had they known at these moments to be queitly joyful? Most likely not. People mostly did not know enough when they were… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
“And if such a gift could come to him at such a time, then anything—dear girl from Rockford dressed up for her… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
I don't want to live in Maine full time, but the physical beauty is very striking. It is the exact opposite of… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
“They had never kissed, nor even touched, only passed by each other closely as they went into his office, a tiny cubicle… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
“For the first time in years he thought about God, who seemed a piggy bank Harmon had stuck up on a shelf… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
“What frightened her the most was the moment of those first notes, because that was when people really listened: She was changing… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
“The year that followed - was it the happiest year of his own life? He often thought so, even knowing that such… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
“So she way awake at night and at times there was a curious peacefulness to this, the darkness warm as though the… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
“She could not have predicted, no one can ever predict anything, that they’d have been raised at a time of protests and… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
By the time they were pulling into the parking lot of the A&P, the mood was fading, the moment gone. Amy could… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
“And for a moment Annie wondered at this, that her brother and sister, good, responsible, decent, fair-minded, had never known the passion… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
“What young people didn’t know, she thought, lying down beside this man, his hand on her shoulder, her arm; oh, what young… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
I'm writing for my ideal reader, for somebody who's willing to take the time, who's willing to get lost in a new… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
By the time they were pulling into the parking lot of the A&P, the mood was fading, the moment gone. Amy could feel it… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share
“what young people did not know. They did not know that lumpy, aged, and wrinkled bodies were as needy as their own young, firm… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share
“I said on the phone to my mother, “I think I’m going to write the story of the Burgess kids.” “It’s a good one,”… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share
“And she learned - freshly, scorchingly - of the privacy of sorrow. It was as though she had been escorted through a door into… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share
“He looked at the books, and she wanted to say, 'Stop that,' as though he were reading her diary.” — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share
“The year that followed - was it the happiest year of his own life? He often thought so, even knowing that such a thing… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share
I have to pay attention to what I have felt and observed, then push these responses to an extreme while keeping the story within… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share
“She could hear in the darkness of her car how his breathing was quicker now; and her own was, too. She wanted to say… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share
“Abdikarim shook his head in his darkened room, sweat coming from his face down onto his neck. “No, he cuts my heart. You didn’t… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share
I like people a lot, but I am not comfortable in literary New York situations. There is deep anxiety and tension around success here.… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share
The fact of the matter is I always have a really high sense of responsibility to the reader, whether it's a few readers that… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share
“Why do you need everyone married?" Christopher has said to him angrily, when Henry has asked about his son's life. "Why can't you just… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share
“one of those things about getting older was knowing that so many moments weren’t just moments, they were gifts.” — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share
I don't think of myself as a fast reader. I just read a lot. When someone else might think, 'I might do the dishes,'… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share
