--- title: "1 Amity Quotes By David Bezmozgis" description: "1 Amity quotes by David Bezmozgis. Plus more from David Bezmozgis and more Amity sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4f/david-bezmozgis-20993_amity_amity-gaige-has-written-a-flawless-book_2084622.jpg" --- > [Amity Gaige has written a flawless book. It does not contain a single false note. Playful and inventive, SCHRODER movingly depicts the ways we confound our own hearts--how even with the best intentions, we fail to love those closest to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bezmozgis/amity-gaige-has-written-a-flawless-book-it-does-not-contain-a-single/) [David Bezmozgis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bezmozgis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4f/david-bezmozgis-20993_amity_amity-gaige-has-written-a-flawless-book_2084622.jpg) ## Other authors on Amity - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-veronica-roth-93385.jpg) Veronica Roth 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amity/veronica-roth/) ## More by David Bezmozgis > [I believe I'm very conscious of exactly what I'm doing. I'm auditioning lines of dialogue, and I'm interrogating whether the lines would translate from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bezmozgis/i-believe-i-m-very-conscious-of-exactly-what-i-m-doing-i-m/) [David Bezmozgis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bezmozgis/) > [Some is, I think, the personal in any act of writing. You find yourself caught up: you start a sentence, and it becomes revelatory,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bezmozgis/some-is-i-think-the-personal-in-any-act-of-writing-you-find-yourself/) [David Bezmozgis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bezmozgis/) > [Here I am: a Russian-speaking Jew living in Canada, and you, an Indian ex-patriot living in San Francisco. All of a sudden we commune…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bezmozgis/here-i-am-a-russian-speaking-jew-living-in-canada-and-you-an-indian/) [David Bezmozgis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bezmozgis/) > [Maybe the most provocative thing one can do - and I'm not the first one to do it - is to ask the moral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bezmozgis/maybe-the-most-provocative-thing-one-can-do-and-i-m-not-the-first-one/) [David Bezmozgis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bezmozgis/) > [Most people will reach a point where, whatever their ideology, they will relent, or conform, and that keeps them kind of in the general…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bezmozgis/most-people-will-reach-a-point-where-whatever-their-ideology-they/) [David Bezmozgis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bezmozgis/) > [I think even with women who come across with a tough exterior, the interior is the same. I think you'll find this with women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bezmozgis/i-think-even-with-women-who-come-across-with-a-tough-exterior-the/) [David Bezmozgis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bezmozgis/) > [Language is a personality as well. People are different when they speak different languages.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bezmozgis/language-is-a-personality-as-well-people-are-different-when-they/) [David Bezmozgis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bezmozgis/) > [Writing a novel, in an unplanned and unpredictable way, makes you engaged; it takes you into yourself, and it becomes something between you and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bezmozgis/writing-a-novel-in-an-unplanned-and-unpredictable-way-makes-you/) [David Bezmozgis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bezmozgis/) > [I think having an uncompromising ideology eventually forces you out of the norm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bezmozgis/i-think-having-an-uncompromising-ideology-eventually-forces-you-out/) [David Bezmozgis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bezmozgis/) > [We all have some ideological quotient in ourselves. And I think it does guide who we are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bezmozgis/we-all-have-some-ideological-quotient-in-ourselves-and-i-think-it/) [David Bezmozgis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bezmozgis/) > [There are different types of readers. People draw lines at which three things intersect: the character, the author, and the reader.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bezmozgis/there-are-different-types-of-readers-people-draw-lines-at-which-three/) [David Bezmozgis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bezmozgis/) > [There are books where you can really see the moral question, which I think we answer every day for ourselves, in every interaction we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bezmozgis/there-are-books-where-you-can-really-see-the-moral-question-which-i/) [David Bezmozgis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bezmozgis/) > [I think every book is a reaction to everything you're written before, and most immediately to the book you wrote just before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bezmozgis/i-think-every-book-is-a-reaction-to-everything-you-re-written-before/) [David Bezmozgis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bezmozgis/) > [Nothing is easy in writing. I don't think for anyone. But dialogue is probably what comes most naturally to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bezmozgis/nothing-is-easy-in-writing-i-don-t-think-for-anyone-but-dialogue-is/) [David Bezmozgis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bezmozgis/) > [In my experience of women, women have a greater capacity. Maybe women, even very pragmatic ones, are less guarded about showing emotions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bezmozgis/in-my-experience-of-women-women-have-a-greater-capacity-maybe-women/) [David Bezmozgis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bezmozgis/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amity/david-bezmozgis/#itemlist", "name": "1 Amity Quotes By David Bezmozgis", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Amity Gaige has written a flawless book. It does not contain a single false note. 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