“Wow wow wow is all I can say! Remember how I always buy lunchtime Scratch-Off ticket? Have I said? Maybe did not… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“You were torturing a cat," she says. "With a freaking prod." "A prod I built myself in metal shop," he says. "But… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“Rachel got up and did this happy little shuffle, like she was some cheerful farmer chick who'd just stepped outside to find… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“Weird sunshower around three. Linda Hertney: It's like a final goodbye from Todd. (Linda = nut. Once claimed crow on ledge was… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“We pretend to catch and eat more pretend bugs than could ever actually live in one cave. The number of pretend bugs… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“Why was it, she sometimes wondered, that in dreams we can't do the simplest things? Like a crying puppy is standing on… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“I hold the biscuits in front of his face and he stands up. "What do I have to do?" he says. "Nothing,"… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“Thomas: Wow, that treehouse is like twice the size of our actual house. Pam (whispering): Don't say 'like.' Me: Oh, ha ha,… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“Kissing him last night at the pep rally had been like kissing an underpass.” — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“Mr. A calls me into his office and says he's got bad news and bad news, and which do I want first.… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“After that came her biggie: a triple murder--her dealer, the dealer's sister, and the dealer's sister's boyfriend. Reading that made me feel… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“Good God, but life could be less than easy, not that he was unaware that it could certainly be a lot worse,… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“Though firm, we are never too firm, though we love fun, we never have fun in a silly way that makes us… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“I loved Monty Python for the wordplay--this sense that you didn’t have to squash your intelligence to be funny. In fact, you… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“O.K., then, all right, they would adopt a white-trash dog. Ha ha. They could name it Zeke, buy it a little corncob… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“What I'm putting forth," he said, "is that the four of us make some memories, become fast friends and abandon starchy old… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“This [oatmeal] represents your soul in its pure state. Your soul on the day you were born. You were perfect. You were… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“Is this the baby?" I said. Ma turned on me again. "What do you think it is?" she said. "A midget that… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I think we need leadership that can gently and with affection remind us of what we Americans mostly agree upon: civility, kindness,… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Success is like a mountain in front of you that keeps growing. If you're not careful, it will take up your whole life. — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“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,… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“None of it was real; nothing was real. Everything was real; inconceivably real, infinitely dear. These and all things started as nothing, latent within… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“We must see God not as a Him (some linear rewarding fellow) but an IT, a great beast beyond our understanding, who wants something… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
America, to me, should be shouting all the time, a bunch of shouting voices, most of them wrong, some of them nuts, but please,… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
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… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Whatever your supposed politics are - left, right - if you put it in a human connection, most people will rise to the occasion… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“A Clinton staffer tells me his theory. Think about Frank Sinatra, he says: born to sing. Think about Willie Mays: born to play ball.… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
We try, we fail, we posture, we aspire, we pontificate - and then we age, shrink, die, and vanish. — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“You were torturing a cat," she says. "With a freaking prod." "A prod I built myself in metal shop," he says. "But of course… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“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… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
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… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
![“This [oatmeal] represents your soul in its pure state. Your soul on the day you were born. You were perfect. You were happy. You were good. Now, enter Concept Number Two: crap. Don't worry, folks. I don't use actual crap up here. Only imaginary crap. You'll have to supply the crap, using your…” quote by George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c0d/george-saunders-317_humor_this-oatmeal-represents-your-soul-in-its_2831228.jpg)
