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title: "37 Feels Quotes By George Saunders"
description: "37 Feels quotes by George Saunders. Plus more from George Saunders and more Feels sayings from other authors."
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> [I read to make myself feel awake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-read-to-make-myself-feel-awake/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [ While I'm doing \[writing\], I don't feel it.I don't think that's a failing. I think it's just a feature. Like, a feature… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/while-i-m-doing-writing-i-don-t-feel-it-i-don-t-think-that-s-a/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [Social media sometimes feels like a vehicle for one-dimensional sniping, more than true criticism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/social-media-sometimes-feels-like-a-vehicle-for-one-dimensional/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [I feel that there is nothing that can happen to a person that is banal. Everything that happens to us is interesting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-feel-that-there-is-nothing-that-can-happen-to-a-person-that-is/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [I don't feel like I have the intelligence to really inhabit a consistently high level of prose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-don-t-feel-like-i-have-the-intelligence-to-really-inhabit-a/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [ I feel nervous because I revere \[Zadie Smith\] so much. I don't want to be stupid. If I say something stupid, just… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-feel-nervous-because-i-revere-zadie-smith-so-much-i-don-t-want-to/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [The internet kind of feels like happiness sometimes, however. It feels like stimulation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/the-internet-kind-of-feels-like-happiness-sometimes-however-it-feels/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [I tend to foster drama via bleakness. If I want the reader to feel sympathy for a character, I cleave the character…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-tend-to-foster-drama-via-bleakness-if-i-want-the-reader-to-feel/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [When I'm not writing, I tend to get depressed and a little bit surly. And then when I'm writing, suddenly I feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/when-i-m-not-writing-i-tend-to-get-depressed-and-a-little-bit-surly/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [When I'm explaining something to you, if I'm being long-winded, and twisty in a non-productive way, I could make you feel vaguely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/when-i-m-explaining-something-to-you-if-i-m-being-long-winded-and/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [When you're embarking on a piece of writing, the anxiety is just too much, especially when you're young and you're trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/when-you-re-embarking-on-a-piece-of-writing-the-anxiety-is-just-too/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [Whatever your supposed politics are - left, right - if you put it in a human connection, most people will rise to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/whatever-your-supposed-politics-are-left-right-if-you-put-it-in-a/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [The generalizing writer is like the passionate drunk, stumbling into your house mumbling: I know I'm not being clear, exactly, but don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/the-generalizing-writer-is-like-the-passionate-drunk-stumbling-into/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [If you at least try to do the things that excite you, it will make you a more expansive and present person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/if-you-at-least-try-to-do-the-things-that-excite-you-it-will-make-you/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [ I'm starting to withdraw from \[technology\] as much as I can. I don't do much of the social media stuff. Like, if… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-m-starting-to-withdraw-from-technology-as-much-as-i-can-i-don-t-do/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [A sort of fearlessness - the notion that a person could be comfortable with (even interested in) whatever arises. I sure can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/a-sort-of-fearlessness-the-notion-that-a-person-could-be-comfortable/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [ I think that tri \[to Ram Bahadur Bomjon\] was the first time I'd even seen something that made me think, or really… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-think-that-tri-to-ram-bahadur-bomjon-was-the-first-time-i-d-even/)

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> [I've noticed that nowadays I'm doing a lot of stuff on the phone and on the computer, which I usually wouldn't do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-ve-noticed-that-nowadays-i-m-doing-a-lot-of-stuff-on-the-phone-and/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [Just through the process of trying to make the living and the dead feel real, all these little benefits came out. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/just-through-the-process-of-trying-to-make-the-living-and-the-dead/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [As Flannery O'Connor says, a person can choose what she writes but she can't choose what she makes live. Some people are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/as-flannery-o-connor-says-a-person-can-choose-what-she-writes-but-she/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [I don't know how you feel, but I feel like writing, clarity of thought, and truth have been validated because we see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-don-t-know-how-you-feel-but-i-feel-like-writing-clarity-of-thought/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [Do not really like rich people, as they make us poor people feel dopey and inadequate. Not that we are poor. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/do-not-really-like-rich-people-as-they-make-us-poor-people-feel-dopey/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [When you write an essay, of course you're going to get pushback, but you're going to be allowed to make your case…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/when-you-write-an-essay-of-course-you-re-going-to-get-pushback-but/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [In the absolute sense - kind of from the God's-eye view - God might feel like, "I made this thing that has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/in-the-absolute-sense-kind-of-from-the-god-s-eye-view-god-might-feel/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [I know what it feels like to be in that middle and lower-middle class, and feel like the culture is passing you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-know-what-it-feels-like-to-be-in-that-middle-and-lower-middle-class/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [That's what a story must feel like to me. It's not, "I want to write about a gravedigger." But you're walking along…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/that-s-what-a-story-must-feel-like-to-me-it-s-not-i-want-to-write/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [The most hopeful thing in the stories, I hope, is wit. I make it up. If I make up a world in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/the-most-hopeful-thing-in-the-stories-i-hope-is-wit-i-make-it-up-if-i/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [If I'm writing a story and you're reading it, or vice versa, you took time out of your day to pick up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/if-i-m-writing-a-story-and-you-re-reading-it-or-vice-versa-you-took/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [I've also found that trying to be active with social media changes my moment-to-moment perceptions. Instead of feeling, "What's the deepest version…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-ve-also-found-that-trying-to-be-active-with-social-media-changes-my/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [My go-to default is to try to be nice, which I feel does less harm in the long run than trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/my-go-to-default-is-to-try-to-be-nice-which-i-feel-does-less-harm-in/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [It is very easy for us to go, you know, "I am being cruel to be kind," when really we are just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/it-is-very-easy-for-us-to-go-you-know-i-am-being-cruel-to-be-kind/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [ \[Reading Swing Time\] made me a feel a little bit like when I used to read David \[Foster\] Wallace. Like, "I can't… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/reading-swing-time-made-me-a-feel-a-little-bit-like-when-i-used-to/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [The way I understood purgatory - and maybe you've got a different version - but in Chicago in the '70s, the idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/the-way-i-understood-purgatory-and-maybe-you-ve-got-a-different/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [In the reason that the contrast between the absolute and the relative is so terrible is because we believe so fully in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/in-the-reason-that-the-contrast-between-the-absolute-and-the-relative/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [With non-fiction writing I feel like I'm confined and driven by what actually happened. That makes the "plot". So it's a process…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/with-non-fiction-writing-i-feel-like-i-m-confined-and-driven-by-what/)

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> [There's also a way that you have of being precise but also allusive, that works well for me - it's something about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/there-s-also-a-way-that-you-have-of-being-precise-but-also-allusive/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [I turned 54 this year and I find myself feeling like I'm in a bit of a race to get down on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-turned-54-this-year-and-i-find-myself-feeling-like-i-m-in-a-bit-of/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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## Other authors on Feels

## More by George Saunders

> [Success is like a mountain in front of you that keeps growing. If you're not careful, it will take up your whole life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/success-is-like-a-mountain-in-front-of-you-that-keeps-growing-if-you/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

> [“Wow wow wow is all I can say! Remember how I always buy lunchtime Scratch-Off ticket? Have I said? Maybe did not say? Well,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/wow-wow-wow-is-all-i-can-say-remember-how-i-always-buy-lunchtime/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

> [“None of it was real; nothing was real. Everything was real; inconceivably real, infinitely dear. These and all things started as nothing, latent within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/none-of-it-was-real-nothing-was-real-everything-was-real/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

> [“We must see God not as a Him (some linear rewarding fellow) but an IT, a great beast beyond our understanding, who wants something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/we-must-see-god-not-as-a-him-some-linear-rewarding-fellow-but-an-it-a/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

> [America, to me, should be shouting all the time, a bunch of shouting voices, most of them wrong, some of them nuts, but please,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/america-to-me-should-be-shouting-all-the-time-a-bunch-of-shouting/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

> [In my case, when I am trying to be "kind" I often default in a sort of toothless loving-all stance that is, actually, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/in-my-case-when-i-am-trying-to-be-kind-i-often-default-in-a-sort-of/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

> [Whatever your supposed politics are - left, right - if you put it in a human connection, most people will rise to the occasion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/whatever-your-supposed-politics-are-left-right-if-you-put-it-in-a/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

> [“A Clinton staffer tells me his theory. Think about Frank Sinatra, he says: born to sing. Think about Willie Mays: born to play ball.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/a-clinton-staffer-tells-me-his-theory-think-about-frank-sinatra-he/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

> [We try, we fail, we posture, we aspire, we pontificate - and then we age, shrink, die, and vanish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/we-try-we-fail-we-posture-we-aspire-we-pontificate-and-then-we-age/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

> [“You were torturing a cat," she says. "With a freaking prod." "A prod I built myself in metal shop," he says. "But of course…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/you-were-torturing-a-cat-she-says-with-a-freaking-prod-a-prod-i-built/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

> [“Rachel got up and did this happy little shuffle, like she was some cheerful farmer chick who'd just stepped outside to find the hick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/rachel-got-up-and-did-this-happy-little-shuffle-like-she-was-some/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

> [What America is, to me, is a guy doesn't want to buy, you let him not buy, you respect his not buying. A guy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/what-america-is-to-me-is-a-guy-doesn-t-want-to-buy-you-let-him-not/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

> [What good the prophet in the wilderness may do is incremental and personal. It's good for us to hear someone speak the irrational truth.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/what-good-the-prophet-in-the-wilderness-may-do-is-incremental-and/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

> [We're in the transition between birth and death. But the one that people often know about is the transition between the moment of death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/we-re-in-the-transition-between-birth-and-death-but-the-one-that/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

> [You don't want to be that parent - the one who dresses his kid in a cloth sack when all the other kids are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/you-don-t-want-to-be-that-parent-the-one-who-dresses-his-kid-in-a/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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