It’s like the grief has been covered over with some kind of blanket. It’s still there, but the sharpest edges are ..… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
My cousin Roger once told me, on the eve of his third wedding, that he felt marriage was addictive. Then he corrected… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
I've always thought a hotel ought to offer optional small animals. I mean a cat to sleep on your bed at night,… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
People imagine that missing a loved one works kind of like missing cigarettes,' he said. 'The first day is really hard but… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
I wonder how many times we dream that kind of dream-something strange and illogical-and fail to realize God is trying to tell… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
...he thought of dying as a kind of adventure, something new that he hadn't yet experienced. Like an unusual vacation trip. — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
None of my own experiences ever finds its way into my work. However, the stages of my life - motherhood, middle age, etc. -… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
For my own family, I would always choose the makeshift, surrogate family formed by various characters unrelated by blood. — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
Mostly it's lies, writing novels. You set out to tell an untrue story and you try to make it believable, even to yourself. Which… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
“You wake in the morning, you’re feeling fine, but all at once you think, “Something’s not right. Something’s off somewhere; what is it?” And… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
“...that was Julian for you: reckless. A dashing sailor, a speedy driver, a frequenter of single bars, he was the kind of man who… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
“Disaster followed disaster... the hero stuck in there, though. Macon had long ago noticed that all adventure movies had the same moral: Perseverance pays.… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
It struck her all at once that dealing with other human beings was an awful lot of work. — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
“Justine hated pantsuits. Whenever she saw one, she had an urge to tell the owner some scandalous fortune, loudly enough to be heard everywhere:… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
