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title: "4 Frightened Quotes By Elizabeth Strout"
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> [“Abdikarim shook his head in his darkened room, sweat coming from his face down onto his neck. “No, he cuts my heart.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-strout/abdikarim-shook-his-head-in-his-darkened-room-sweat-coming-from-his/)

[Elizabeth Strout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-strout/)

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> [“What frightened her the most was the moment of those first notes, because that was when people really listened: She was changing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-strout/what-frightened-her-the-most-was-the-moment-of-those-first-notes/)

[Elizabeth Strout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-strout/)

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> [“Awful to think she was a disapproving mother. Awful to wonder-had she always frightened Amy? Is that why the girl had grown…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-strout/awful-to-think-she-was-a-disapproving-mother-awful-to-wonder-had-she/)

[Elizabeth Strout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-strout/)

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> [Bullies are just frightened people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-strout/bullies-are-just-frightened-people/)

[Elizabeth Strout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-strout/)

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## Other authors on Frightened

## More by Elizabeth Strout

> [By the time they were pulling into the parking lot of the A&P, the mood was fading, the moment gone. Amy could feel it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-strout/by-the-time-they-were-pulling-into-the-parking-lot-of-the-a-p-the/)

[Elizabeth Strout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-strout/)

> [“what young people did not know. They did not know that lumpy, aged, and wrinkled bodies were as needy as their own young, firm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-strout/what-young-people-did-not-know-they-did-not-know-that-lumpy-aged-and/)

[Elizabeth Strout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-strout/)

> [“I said on the phone to my mother, “I think I’m going to write the story of the Burgess kids.” “It’s a good one,”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-strout/i-said-on-the-phone-to-my-mother-i-think-i-m-going-to-write-the-story/)

[Elizabeth Strout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-strout/)

> [“And she learned - freshly, scorchingly - of the privacy of sorrow. It was as though she had been escorted through a door into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-strout/and-she-learned-freshly-scorchingly-of-the-privacy-of-sorrow-it-was/)

[Elizabeth Strout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-strout/)

> [“He looked at the books, and she wanted to say, 'Stop that,' as though he were reading her diary.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-strout/he-looked-at-the-books-and-she-wanted-to-say-stop-that-as-though-he/)

[Elizabeth Strout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-strout/)

> [“The year that followed - was it the happiest year of his own life? He often thought so, even knowing that such a thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-strout/the-year-that-followed-was-it-the-happiest-year-of-his-own-life-he/)

[Elizabeth Strout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-strout/)

> [I have to pay attention to what I have felt and observed, then push these responses to an extreme while keeping the story within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-strout/i-have-to-pay-attention-to-what-i-have-felt-and-observed-then-push/)

[Elizabeth Strout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-strout/)

> [“She could hear in the darkness of her car how his breathing was quicker now; and her own was, too. She wanted to say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-strout/she-could-hear-in-the-darkness-of-her-car-how-his-breathing-was/)

[Elizabeth Strout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-strout/)

> [“Abdikarim shook his head in his darkened room, sweat coming from his face down onto his neck. “No, he cuts my heart. You didn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-strout/abdikarim-shook-his-head-in-his-darkened-room-sweat-coming-from-his/)

[Elizabeth Strout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-strout/)

> [“she’d have been throwing out clamshells, most likely.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-strout/she-d-have-been-throwing-out-clamshells-most-likely/)

[Elizabeth Strout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-strout/)

> [I like people a lot, but I am not comfortable in literary New York situations. There is deep anxiety and tension around success here.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-strout/i-like-people-a-lot-but-i-am-not-comfortable-in-literary-new-york/)

[Elizabeth Strout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-strout/)

> [The fact of the matter is I always have a really high sense of responsibility to the reader, whether it's a few readers that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-strout/the-fact-of-the-matter-is-i-always-have-a-really-high-sense-of/)

[Elizabeth Strout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-strout/)

> [“Why do you need everyone married?" Christopher has said to him angrily, when Henry has asked about his son's life. "Why can't you just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-strout/why-do-you-need-everyone-married-christopher-has-said-to-him-angrily/)

[Elizabeth Strout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-strout/)

> [“one of those things about getting older was knowing that so many moments weren’t just moments, they were gifts.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-strout/one-of-those-things-about-getting-older-was-knowing-that-so-many/)

[Elizabeth Strout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-strout/)

> [I don't think of myself as a fast reader. I just read a lot. When someone else might think, 'I might do the dishes,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-strout/i-don-t-think-of-myself-as-a-fast-reader-i-just-read-a-lot-when/)

[Elizabeth Strout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-strout/)

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