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> [“One of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-proulx/one-of-the-tragedies-of-real-life-is-that-there-is-no-background-music/)

[Annie Proulx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-proulx/)

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> [You know, one of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-proulx/you-know-one-of-the-tragedies-of-real-life-is-that-there-is-no/)

[Annie Proulx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-proulx/)

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## More by Annie Proulx

> [Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-proulx/writing-comes-from-reading-and-reading-is-the-finest-teacher-of-how/)

[Annie Proulx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-proulx/)

> [“A kind of joyous hysteria moved into the room, everything flying before the wind, vehicles outside getting dented to hell, the crowd sweaty and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-proulx/a-kind-of-joyous-hysteria-moved-into-the-room-everything-flying/)

[Annie Proulx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-proulx/)

> [“By January it had always been winter.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-proulx/by-january-it-had-always-been-winter/)

[Annie Proulx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-proulx/)

> [“.. that old, cold time on the mountain when they owned the world and nothing seemed wrong ..”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-proulx/that-old-cold-time-on-the-mountain-when-they-owned-the-world-and/)

[Annie Proulx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-proulx/)

> [“The mountain pine beetle is a tiny creature that chews through a lodgepole’s bark, gouges out a hollow in the wood and lays its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-proulx/the-mountain-pine-beetle-is-a-tiny-creature-that-chews-through-a/)

[Annie Proulx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-proulx/)

> [“It was as if his eye were an ear and a crackle went through it each time he shot a look at the accordion.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-proulx/it-was-as-if-his-eye-were-an-ear-and-a-crackle-went-through-it-each/)

[Annie Proulx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-proulx/)

> [“On the stairs an image came to him. Was love then like a bag of assorted sweets passed around from which one might choose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-proulx/on-the-stairs-an-image-came-to-him-was-love-then-like-a-bag-of/)

[Annie Proulx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-proulx/)

> [“The only cities were of ice, bergs with cores of beryl, blue gems within white gems, that some said gave off an odor of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-proulx/the-only-cities-were-of-ice-bergs-with-cores-of-beryl-blue-gems/)

[Annie Proulx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-proulx/)

> [“They say that doing ten sums a day prevents you from becoming senile. But by that argument bankers should be geniuses. That's not right.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-proulx/they-say-that-doing-ten-sums-a-day-prevents-you-from-becoming-senile/)

[Annie Proulx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-proulx/)

> [It's easier to die if others around you are dying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-proulx/it-s-easier-to-die-if-others-around-you-are-dying/)

[Annie Proulx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-proulx/)

> [“You stand there, braced. Cloud shadows race over the buff rock stacks as a projected film, casting a queasy, mottled ground rash. The air…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-proulx/you-stand-there-braced-cloud-shadows-race-over-the-buff-rock-stacks/)

[Annie Proulx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-proulx/)

> [“Thirty-six years old and this was the first time anybody ever said he'd done it right. Fog against the window like milk.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-proulx/thirty-six-years-old-and-this-was-the-first-time-anybody-ever-said-he/)

[Annie Proulx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-proulx/)

> [“There was a month of fiery happiness. Then six kinked years of suffering.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-proulx/there-was-a-month-of-fiery-happiness-then-six-kinked-years-of/)

[Annie Proulx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-proulx/)

> [It is my feeling that a story is not finished until it is read, and that the reader finishes it through his or her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-proulx/it-is-my-feeling-that-a-story-is-not-finished-until-it-is-read-and/)

[Annie Proulx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-proulx/)

> [“One of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-proulx/one-of-the-tragedies-of-real-life-is-that-there-is-no-background-music/)

[Annie Proulx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-proulx/)

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