They say the smart dog obeys but the smarter dog knows when to disobey. — Amy Hempel Animal Copy Share Image
He could not wait to get rid of them so he could enjoy remembering them. — Amy Hempel Enjoy Copy Share Image
There's no such thing as luck. Luck is where preparation meets opportunity. — Amy Hempel Luck Copy Share Image
I thought, my love is so good, why isn't it calling the same thing back. — Amy Hempel Calling Copy Share Image
consolation is a beautiful word. everyone skins his knee-that doesnt make yours hurt anyless. — Amy Hempel Beautiful Copy Share Image
In my head there's a broken balcony I fall off of when I speak. — Amy Hempel Balconies Copy Share Image
I want to know everything about you, so I tell you everything about myself. — Amy Hempel Know Copy Share Image
I exaggerated even before I began to exaggerate, because it's true — nothing is ever quite as bad as it could be. — Amy Hempel Exaggerate Copy Share Image
“And it was the first time that I believed the claim that you can help a person more by asking them the… — Amy Hempel First time Copy Share Image
“Women who are attacked phone a hotline for advice. "Don't report a rape," the women are told. "Call it indecent exposure. A… — Amy Hempel Rape Copy Share Image
I sleep with a glass of water on the nightstand so I can see by its level if the coastal earth is… — Amy Hempel Coastal Copy Share Image
“I like radio personalities, and I like to change lanes. And losing yourself on the freeway is like living at the beach--you're… — Amy Hempel Freeway Copy Share Image
When my mother died, my father's early widowhood gave him social cachet he would not have had if they had divorced. He… — Amy Hempel Bigger Copy Share Image
I am not quite myself, I think.But who here is quite himself? And yet there is a way in which we are… — Amy Hempel Quite Copy Share Image
And I see that not touching for so long was a drive to the beach with the windows rolled up so the… — Amy Hempel Anticipation Copy Share Image
As soon as I knew that I would be all right, I was sure that I was dead and didn't know it.… — Amy Hempel Death Copy Share Image
Then the children went to bed, or at least went upstairs, and the men joined the women for a cigarette on the… — Amy Hempel Bed Copy Share Image
The worst of it is over now, and I can't say that I am glad. Lose that sense of loss—you have gone… — Amy Hempel Body Copy Share Image
“For example, the questions that say, "Would you prefer..." "Would you prefer (a) Answer questions about what you do, (b) Answer questions… — Amy Hempel Questions Think Copy Share Image
I know when a story is finished when there is not a single thing more I can think to do to it.… — Amy Hempel Courses Copy Share Image
A five-hour flight works out to three days and nights on land, by rail, from sea to shining sea. You can chalk… — Amy Hempel Chalk Copy Share Image
Journalism taught me how to write a sentence that would make someone want to read the next one. You are trained to… — Amy Hempel Articles Copy Share Image
“A famous artist is approached by a student. "You don't remember me," the student says correctly, "but years ago you said something… — Amy Hempel Art Copy Share Image
“It comes back to the question, whom are you writing for? Who are the readers you want? Who are the people you… — Amy Hempel Books Copy Share Image
I think of the chimp, the one with the talking hands. In the course of the experiment, that chimp had a baby.… — Amy Hempel Animal Copy Share Image
“Automatic is what I can manage. Isn't there enough to pay attention to OUTSIDE the car? All I want inside a car… — Amy Hempel Music Copy Share Image
“The psychic said I would have two children. This makes me shake my head. I know you are not supposed to leave… — Amy Hempel Baby Copy Share Image
It was like that class at school where the teacher talks about Realization, about how you could realize something big in a… — Amy Hempel Bigs Copy Share Image
“And what about the certainty I feel regarding you? You could say that an hour is not a lot to go on.… — Amy Hempel Certainty Copy Share Image
“She introduces me to a nurse as the Best Friend. The impersonal article is more intimate. It tells me that they are… — Amy Hempel Best friend Copy Share Image
I'm not good at small talk; I'm not good at big talk; and medium talk just doesn't come up. — Amy Hempel Bigs Copy Share Image
What I think," Chatty says, "is that if a man loves a woman more than a woman loves a man, then they're… — Amy Hempel Men Copy Share Image
Wear your heart on the page, and people will read to find out how you solved being alive. — Amy Hempel Alive Copy Share Image
