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> [Throughout my reading life, I've enjoyed many memorable meals-if only fictionally. The oysters at dinner near the beginning of Anna Karenina, the dinner Nana throws for her overflowing guests in Zola's Nana, the walk through Les Halles for breakfast in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-chee/throughout-my-reading-life-i-ve-enjoyed-many-memorable-meals-if-only/)

[Alexander Chee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-chee/)

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## More by Alexander Chee

> [Writers aren't born, they're made - from practice, reading, and a lot of caffeine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-chee/writers-aren-t-born-they-re-made-from-practice-reading-and-a-lot-of/)

[Alexander Chee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-chee/)

> [I had a naiveté that I would remember the things that I had written already, but I was getting lost in the forest of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-chee/i-had-a-naivet-that-i-would-remember-the-things-that-i-had-written/)

[Alexander Chee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-chee/)

> [“None of the young women who wanted her position knew what her position was.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-chee/none-of-the-young-women-who-wanted-her-position-knew-what-her/)

[Alexander Chee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-chee/)

> [“Sappho isn't really meant to be read. It's meant to be sung and there were dances for the songs, also. Sappho was a performance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-chee/sappho-isn-t-really-meant-to-be-read-it-s-meant-to-be-sung-and-there/)

[Alexander Chee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-chee/)

> [“Nothing to fear from a fate that was already yours, then, except, perhaps, that it would never leave you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-chee/nothing-to-fear-from-a-fate-that-was-already-yours-then-except/)

[Alexander Chee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-chee/)

> [As I get ready to buy a new computer, I'm stunned at all the many micro drafts, of different chapters and scenes and whatnot,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-chee/as-i-get-ready-to-buy-a-new-computer-i-m-stunned-at-all-the-many/)

[Alexander Chee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-chee/)

> [Everyone would tell me they couldn't identify with sexual abuse. No one says they can't identify with the tales of the Greek gods and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-chee/everyone-would-tell-me-they-couldn-t-identify-with-sexual-abuse-no/)

[Alexander Chee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-chee/)

> [“When I was a boy and I sang, my voice felt to me like a leak sprung from a small and secret star hidden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-chee/when-i-was-a-boy-and-i-sang-my-voice-felt-to-me-like-a-leak-sprung/)

[Alexander Chee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-chee/)

> [“You ought to know, you were my best friend. You were. I know you loved me. I loved you. No one should have gone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-chee/you-ought-to-know-you-were-my-best-friend-you-were-i-know-you-loved/)

[Alexander Chee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-chee/)

> [Each source that I read, I would look through the bibliography and the footnotes, and use that as a map for the next thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-chee/each-source-that-i-read-i-would-look-through-the-bibliography-and-the/)

[Alexander Chee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-chee/)

> [“Writers aren't born, they're made--from practice, reading, and a lot of caffeine. And sometimes tutelage.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-chee/writers-aren-t-born-they-re-made-from-practice-reading-and-a-lot-of-2/)

[Alexander Chee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-chee/)

> [One of my big inspirations was Céleste Mogador. She was a courtesan who wrote her memoirs in order to pay off her debts, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-chee/one-of-my-big-inspirations-was-c-leste-mogador-she-was-a-courtesan/)

[Alexander Chee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-chee/)

> [Throughout my reading life, I've enjoyed many memorable meals-if only fictionally. The oysters at dinner near the beginning of Anna Karenina, the dinner Nana…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-chee/throughout-my-reading-life-i-ve-enjoyed-many-memorable-meals-if-only/)

[Alexander Chee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-chee/)

> [I knew it was a risk but what I was after was a novel that is about the feeling that comes with a coincidence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-chee/i-knew-it-was-a-risk-but-what-i-was-after-was-a-novel-that-is-about/)

[Alexander Chee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-chee/)

> [“The storm is a glazier. Then fog passes through, touches the cold trees to add to the ice already there. Here the wind spins…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-chee/the-storm-is-a-glazier-then-fog-passes-through-touches-the-cold-trees/)

[Alexander Chee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-chee/)

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