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title: "2 Apocalyptic Quotes By Lucy Corin"
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> [When you're spending that much time by yourself in your car looking at landscapes, it's desolate. Most of the other people around you are invisible in their own cars. You're driving past houses where maybe once in a while somebody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-corin/when-you-re-spending-that-much-time-by-yourself-in-your-car-looking/)

[Lucy Corin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-corin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f15/lucy-corin-23165_aesthetic_when-you-re-spending-that-much-time-by-y_2330817.jpg)

> [A lot of times when I ask people what their apocalyptic fantasy life is like, they'll immediately say something like, "Oh, what I think is going to kill us is climate change or World War IV," and that's not what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-corin/a-lot-of-times-when-i-ask-people-what-their-apocalyptic-fantasy-life/)

[Lucy Corin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-corin/)

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## Other authors on Apocalyptic

## More by Lucy Corin

> [There were a lot of apocalypses that didn't make it into this assemblage because they didn't suit the world. And defining that world and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-corin/there-were-a-lot-of-apocalypses-that-didn-t-make-it-into-this/)

[Lucy Corin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-corin/)

> [Ideologically, I have a lot of problems with that, especially when people toss around that form of story as realism. What's called "realism" is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-corin/ideologically-i-have-a-lot-of-problems-with-that-especially-when/)

[Lucy Corin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-corin/)

> [I decided to make myself a little less precious with my storytelling. I think you can see from the first three pieces in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-corin/i-decided-to-make-myself-a-little-less-precious-with-my-storytelling/)

[Lucy Corin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-corin/)

> [You know how some people will say to writers, "Why don't you just write a romance novel that sells a bunch of copies and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-corin/you-know-how-some-people-will-say-to-writers-why-don-t-you-just-write/)

[Lucy Corin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-corin/)

> [Here is the alphabet of the pulsing apocalypse that is fatherhood, a book in love with what words, like parents, create: beauty, terror, awe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-corin/here-is-the-alphabet-of-the-pulsing-apocalypse-that-is-fatherhood-a/)

[Lucy Corin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-corin/)

> [It's a matter of resisting what something made you feel before. And resisting that as a consumer is not easy. I know it isn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-corin/it-s-a-matter-of-resisting-what-something-made-you-feel-before-and/)

[Lucy Corin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-corin/)

> [You're seeing something that you've seen a thousand times and you just like it. There's nothing wrong with that but it's not a revelation.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-corin/you-re-seeing-something-that-you-ve-seen-a-thousand-times-and-you/)

[Lucy Corin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-corin/)

> [When you have an authority figure tell you something that distinguishes you, there's a little bit of a badge of courage or pride point…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-corin/when-you-have-an-authority-figure-tell-you-something-that/)

[Lucy Corin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-corin/)

> [I'm a horrible historian. My memory is bad. I read things and then I forget them. I can't understand dates and I can't measure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-corin/i-m-a-horrible-historian-my-memory-is-bad-i-read-things-and-then-i/)

[Lucy Corin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-corin/)

> [To make a beautiful piece means you have really witnessed it and really made decisions about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-corin/to-make-a-beautiful-piece-means-you-have-really-witnessed-it-and/)

[Lucy Corin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-corin/)

> [I don't want to write the thing that I am a consumer of when I'm unconscious. I want to write the thing that makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-corin/i-don-t-want-to-write-the-thing-that-i-am-a-consumer-of-when-i-m/)

[Lucy Corin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-corin/)

> [So many of the stories are about perspective and viewpoint. It's not just about seeing and revelation. The idea of having many different stories…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-corin/so-many-of-the-stories-are-about-perspective-and-viewpoint-it-s-not/)

[Lucy Corin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-corin/)

> [I think there is something about being described and having your abilities described as something definable. I was diagnosed at about six, when a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-corin/i-think-there-is-something-about-being-described-and-having-your/)

[Lucy Corin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-corin/)

> [ For a really long time \[before writing the novel\], I was watching a lot of serial killer movies and I started to wonder if… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-corin/for-a-really-long-time-before-writing-the-novel-i-was-watching-a-lot/)

[Lucy Corin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-corin/)

> [Follow Through is elegant, sure footed, smart—a nest of sticks that won’t stay sticks—a nest of sticks that snowballs—scary and marvelous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-corin/follow-through-is-elegant-sure-footed-smart-a-nest-of-sticks-that-won/)

[Lucy Corin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-corin/)

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