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> [“What do I do?’ she had asked Harry. ‘What do I do now? Everything is ruined. You’ve ruined everything.’ ‘That you think that,” he’d said, “is exactly the problem.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-shipstead/what-do-i-do-she-had-asked-harry-what-do-i-do-now-everything-is/)

[Maggie Shipstead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-shipstead/)

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## Other authors on Asked Harry

## More by Maggie Shipstead

> [“No number of compliments will convince her of anything, and one of Jacob’s projects in their marriage is to wean her off perfectionism.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-shipstead/no-number-of-compliments-will-convince-her-of-anything-and-one-of/)

[Maggie Shipstead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-shipstead/)

> [“a voice that signaled he was being kind but not sincere.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-shipstead/a-voice-that-signaled-he-was-being-kind-but-not-sincere/)

[Maggie Shipstead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-shipstead/)

> [If you get discouraged about a section of a novel, that can be more catastrophic than getting discouraged about an individual story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-shipstead/if-you-get-discouraged-about-a-section-of-a-novel-that-can-be-more/)

[Maggie Shipstead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-shipstead/)

> [I think the posture of confidence can serve you well. I'm not sure what's to be gained by sitting at your computer and beating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-shipstead/i-think-the-posture-of-confidence-can-serve-you-well-i-m-not-sure/)

[Maggie Shipstead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-shipstead/)

> [Told with rare honesty, My Accidental Jihad is the story of Krista Bremer's lifelong quest for insight and understanding, a search that leads her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-shipstead/told-with-rare-honesty-my-accidental-jihad-is-the-story-of-krista/)

[Maggie Shipstead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-shipstead/)

> [With impeccable prose, dry wit, and uncommon wisdom, Ted Thompson brings to life one family's painful disappointments and powerful resilience. The Land of Steady…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-shipstead/with-impeccable-prose-dry-wit-and-uncommon-wisdom-ted-thompson-brings/)

[Maggie Shipstead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-shipstead/)

> [I think I'm someone who can prattle on a long time about something, which serves me well as a novelist, but it's the enemy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-shipstead/i-think-i-m-someone-who-can-prattle-on-a-long-time-about-something/)

[Maggie Shipstead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-shipstead/)

> [“The flowers, the candles, the easy swing of the music, his daughter's perfectly made-up face, her artfully arranged hair, the swell of her pregnancy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-shipstead/the-flowers-the-candles-the-easy-swing-of-the-music-his-daughter-s/)

[Maggie Shipstead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-shipstead/)

> [Novels definitely come more naturally to me. When I write short stories, it's always a fight against it expanding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-shipstead/novels-definitely-come-more-naturally-to-me-when-i-write-short/)

[Maggie Shipstead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-shipstead/)

> [“Marriage is difficult, perhaps the most difficult thing you can ever do, besides being a parent, but I think these two fine young people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-shipstead/marriage-is-difficult-perhaps-the-most-difficult-thing-you-can-ever/)

[Maggie Shipstead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-shipstead/)

> [“He let go, releasing her into a life of her own making.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-shipstead/he-let-go-releasing-her-into-a-life-of-her-own-making/)

[Maggie Shipstead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-shipstead/)

> [“What do I do?’ she had asked Harry. ‘What do I do now? Everything is ruined. You’ve ruined everything.’ ‘That you think that,” he’d…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-shipstead/what-do-i-do-she-had-asked-harry-what-do-i-do-now-everything-is/)

[Maggie Shipstead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-shipstead/)

> [“Ordinarily, her love affairs are entered into skittishly, sometimes reluctantly. She doesn't dive into bed but flutters in like a wayward moth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-shipstead/ordinarily-her-love-affairs-are-entered-into-skittishly-sometimes/)

[Maggie Shipstead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-shipstead/)

> [“An airplane crossed the sky, and she imagined its interior-people packed in rows like eggs in a carton, the chemical smell of the toilets,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-shipstead/an-airplane-crossed-the-sky-and-she-imagined-its-interior-people/)

[Maggie Shipstead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-shipstead/)

> [“Dicky and Maude lived within familiar confines: the Ivy League, the Junior League, The Social Register, Emily Post, Lilly Pulitzer, the Daughters of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-shipstead/dicky-and-maude-lived-within-familiar-confines-the-ivy-league-the/)

[Maggie Shipstead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-shipstead/)

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