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title: "65 Ifs Quotes By George Saunders"
description: "65 Ifs quotes by George Saunders. Plus more from George Saunders and more Ifs sayings from other authors."
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> [I'm such a baby if I even get a flu.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-m-such-a-baby-if-i-even-get-a-flu/)

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> [I understand what something short should be like. I understand beauty in that form. If I start extending, somehow I kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-understand-what-something-short-should-be-like-i-understand-beauty/)

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> [If I can be more efficient, I'm actually being more respectful to the reader, which then implies a greater intimacy with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/if-i-can-be-more-efficient-i-m-actually-being-more-respectful-to-the/)

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

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> [If you bring forth what is within you, it will save you. If you do not bring it forth, it will destroy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/if-you-bring-forth-what-is-within-you-it-will-save-you-if-you-do-not/)

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> [I think if someone could demonstrate to me that fiction did no good, I would still do it, because I think it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-think-if-someone-could-demonstrate-to-me-that-fiction-did-no-good-i/)

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> [I'm very happy - if I can do even a little bit of work to get the short story out more, I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-m-very-happy-if-i-can-do-even-a-little-bit-of-work-to-get-the-short/)

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> [Whatever happens, we can deal with it if we admit that it's happening and so on. So to be comfortable with what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/whatever-happens-we-can-deal-with-it-if-we-admit-that-it-s-happening/)

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> [Even if something within me is ugly, writing is a pretty good place to play with that thing and to begin to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/even-if-something-within-me-is-ugly-writing-is-a-pretty-good-place-to/)

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> [Whatever happens when we die, it would be really weird if it was what we had expected. Even if you were a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/whatever-happens-when-we-die-it-would-be-really-weird-if-it-was-what/)

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

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> [Some of Buddhist texts say that, in the moment after you die, you think of New Jersey and you go to New…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/some-of-buddhist-texts-say-that-in-the-moment-after-you-die-you-think/)

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> [I'm turning 58, and you get that kind of weird, old-guy feeling of you don't have an infinite number of years left…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-m-turning-58-and-you-get-that-kind-of-weird-old-guy-feeling-of-you/)

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> [The thing I've discovered that is a help is that there isn't a simple virtue or a simple vice. They're always connected.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/the-thing-i-ve-discovered-that-is-a-help-is-that-there-isn-t-a-simple/)

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> [I am always considering the reader. Although this is admittedly kind of odd: Which reader? On what day? In what mood? For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-am-always-considering-the-reader-although-this-is-admittedly-kind/)

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> [If I find myself being too earnest and sentimental and hyperbolic and simplistic, which is definitely a tendency I have, then I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/if-i-find-myself-being-too-earnest-and-sentimental-and-hyperbolic-and/)

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> [If I go to the coffee shop and have a nice interaction with the barista, I don't know what that does for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/if-i-go-to-the-coffee-shop-and-have-a-nice-interaction-with-the/)

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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/)

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> [My general approach to writing fiction is that you try to have as few conceptual notions as possible and you just respond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/my-general-approach-to-writing-fiction-is-that-you-try-to-have-as-few/)

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> [The switch that I'd like to throw on is the one that says, "Look, you're a human being whose mind is every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/the-switch-that-i-d-like-to-throw-on-is-the-one-that-says-look-you-re/)

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> [ I really wanted to be allowed to the \[writer's\] table. So it makes me happy to be at the table. It sounds… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-really-wanted-to-be-allowed-to-the-writer-s-table-so-it-makes-me/)

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> [That luminous part of you that exists beyond personality - your soul, if you will - is as bright and shining as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/that-luminous-part-of-you-that-exists-beyond-personality-your-soul-if/)

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> [If you have a friend, what's the best way you can experience her beauty? It's to really accept her. She's weird in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/if-you-have-a-friend-what-s-the-best-way-you-can-experience-her/)

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> [In a sense my whole life as a writer is trying to find structural ways, or formal ways, to permit that outflowing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/in-a-sense-my-whole-life-as-a-writer-is-trying-to-find-structural/)

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> [As for "toothy kindness" - I think all traditions are full of this sort of tough kindness. If someone is on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/as-for-toothy-kindness-i-think-all-traditions-are-full-of-this-sort/)

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> [I am trying to remember that things have certainly been crazier in human history and they may get crazier here and now,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-am-trying-to-remember-that-things-have-certainly-been-crazier-in/)

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> [If you could press a button and your ego investment was less, the toothache would be less. Or less tragic at least.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/if-you-could-press-a-button-and-your-ego-investment-was-less-the/)

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> [Life is short, very short, and what are we doing here if not trying to become more generous and loving?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/life-is-short-very-short-and-what-are-we-doing-here-if-not-trying-to/)

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> [In a certain way, we're always toggling back and forth between the absolute and the relative, if that makes sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/in-a-certain-way-we-re-always-toggling-back-and-forth-between-the/)

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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/)

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> [The traveller must, of course, always be cautious of the overly broad generalisation. But I am an American, and a paucity of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/the-traveller-must-of-course-always-be-cautious-of-the-overly-broad/)

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> [I'm not thinking much about overall themes or preoccupations or anything like that. Instead I'm just trusting that, if I'm working hard,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-m-not-thinking-much-about-overall-themes-or-preoccupations-or/)

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> [I'm trying to read/edit my story as if I have no existing knowledge of the story, no investment in it, no sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-m-trying-to-read-edit-my-story-as-if-i-have-no-existing-knowledge/)

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> [If you want to explore a political idea in the highest possible way, you embody it in the personal, because that's something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/if-you-want-to-explore-a-political-idea-in-the-highest-possible-way/)

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> [ While writing this book \[Lincoln in the Bardo\], \[idea of inclusion\] occurred to me, you either believe in the Constitution or you… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/while-writing-this-book-lincoln-in-the-bardo-idea-of-inclusion/)

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> [People who've written about Abraham Lincoln's writing emphasize how logical he was. His writing was a syllogistic tool. He would say, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/people-who-ve-written-about-abraham-lincoln-s-writing-emphasize-how/)

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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/)

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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/)

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> [I often wonder if there are certain areas of real life that are roped off, with a sign saying, "Art, don't come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-often-wonder-if-there-are-certain-areas-of-real-life-that-are-roped/)

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> [I knew if I evoked that stuff too easily or gratuitously, as a way of assuaging my fears of not being edgy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/i-knew-if-i-evoked-that-stuff-too-easily-or-gratuitously-as-a-way-of/)

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> [The other thing that's useful for me is this notion of the absolute versus the relative:if we walk out and it's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/the-other-thing-that-s-useful-for-me-is-this-notion-of-the-absolute/)

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## Other authors on Ifs

## 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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