--- title: "3 Bring Quotes By Susan Minot" description: "3 Bring quotes by Susan Minot. Plus more from Susan Minot and more Bring sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/051/susan-minot-11041_along_when-i-travel-i-always-take-my-winsor-ne_709887.png" --- > [When I travel, I always take my Winsor & Newton watercolor kit, which is the size of a pack of cigarettes when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-minot/when-i-travel-i-always-take-my-winsor-newton-watercolor-kit-which-is/) [Susan Minot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-minot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/051/susan-minot-11041_along_when-i-travel-i-always-take-my-winsor-ne_709887.png) > [I remember when I was in graduate school and someone in workshop would say, 'I'm going to bring in a chapter of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-minot/i-remember-when-i-was-in-graduate-school-and-someone-in-workshop/) [Susan Minot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-minot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66f/susan-minot-11041_after_i-remember-when-i-was-in-graduate-school_1080923.png) > [When I look through my sketchbooks, they bring back moments that I would otherwise have completely forgotten.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-minot/when-i-look-through-my-sketchbooks-they-bring-back-moments-that-i/) [Susan Minot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-minot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ab/susan-minot-11041_back_when-i-look-through-my-sketchbooks-they_2856628.png) ## More by Susan Minot > [I love 'Anna Karenina.' It's in the top five books on my list. Tolstoy is unsurpassed in combining the grand with the trivial, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-minot/i-love-anna-karenina-it-s-in-the-top-five-books-on-my-list-tolstoy-is/) [Susan Minot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-minot/) > [After the briskness of loving, loving stops. And you roll over with death stretched out alongside you like a feather boa, or a snake,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-minot/after-the-briskness-of-loving-loving-stops-and-you-roll-over-with/) [Susan Minot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-minot/) > [A lot of readers want characters to behave in a responsible way, or they want to understand the characters' dilemma and act, in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-minot/a-lot-of-readers-want-characters-to-behave-in-a-responsible-way-or/) [Susan Minot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-minot/) > [So many bad things happen in this world because people don't know how to express things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-minot/so-many-bad-things-happen-in-this-world-because-people-don-t-know-how/) [Susan Minot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-minot/) > [“He had made his decision. Later in life Ann would learn that when certain men made decisions no matter how much it might torture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-minot/he-had-made-his-decision-later-in-life-ann-would-learn-that-when/) [Susan Minot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-minot/) > [Change and renewal are themes in life, arent they? We keep growing throughout life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-minot/change-and-renewal-are-themes-in-life-arent-they-we-keep-growing/) [Susan Minot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-minot/) > [“The past was speaking . . . what was the difference now? She had the feeling she'd walked into a house she thought she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-minot/the-past-was-speaking-what-was-the-difference-now-she-had-the-feeling/) [Susan Minot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-minot/) > [Desire suppressed finds its way into other more surreal settings, into dreams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-minot/desire-suppressed-finds-its-way-into-other-more-surreal-settings-into/) [Susan Minot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-minot/) > [When I travel, I always take my Winsor & Newton watercolor kit, which is the size of a pack of cigarettes when folded up.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-minot/when-i-travel-i-always-take-my-winsor-newton-watercolor-kit-which-is/) [Susan Minot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-minot/) > [When a person you love moves by you with flat eyes that will not see you, it is a shock to believe it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-minot/when-a-person-you-love-moves-by-you-with-flat-eyes-that-will-not-see/) [Susan Minot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-minot/) > [“A free spirit's just an idiot who doesn't want to face reality.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-minot/a-free-spirit-s-just-an-idiot-who-doesn-t-want-to-face-reality/) [Susan Minot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-minot/) > [I remember when I was in graduate school and someone in workshop would say, 'I'm going to bring in a chapter of my novel.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-minot/i-remember-when-i-was-in-graduate-school-and-someone-in-workshop/) [Susan Minot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-minot/) > [“Where were you all this time? she said. Where have you been? I guess far away. Yes you were. Too far away. They sat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-minot/where-were-you-all-this-time-she-said-where-have-you-been-i-guess-far/) [Susan Minot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-minot/) > [“She was pulling a rope out of the water and knew it was coming to the end when the barnacles started to appear and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-minot/she-was-pulling-a-rope-out-of-the-water-and-knew-it-was-coming-to-the/) [Susan Minot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-minot/) > [ ...\[She\] felt as if she were both a stranger to herself and more herself than she'd ever been. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-minot/she-felt-as-if-she-were-both-a-stranger-to-herself-and-more-herself/) [Susan Minot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-minot/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bring/susan-minot/#itemlist", "name": "3 Bring Quotes By Susan Minot", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I travel, I always take my Winsor & Newton watercolor kit, which is the size of a pack of cigarettes when folded up. 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