“Where do you get your ideas?' people are always asking authors they admire, which I’ve always thought was another way of asking, 'How did you get my ideas, which I didn’t know I had until you put words to them?'… — Suzanne Berne Copy Share Image
“In my experience, people's sorrows are always in danger of bursting out; it's only through careful inattention that they can be contained.” — Suzanne Berne Copy Share Image
“He knew he was not making enough of an effort. Margaret, with her news, her reports and small jokes, her flying starts at conversation, was trying so much harder. Every evening she had some disastrous item to offer up. Tonight the dog, but often it was a story from the news online: “Did you hear about—?” a tornado carrying away… — Suzanne Berne Copy Share
“He was a mostly mild man with a weakness for passion, a suburban father burdened with the heart of a Russian hero without any… — Suzanne Berne Copy Share Image
“He was a true voluptuary, in his own modest way, with a voluptuary’s genius for softening the world around him.” — Suzanne Berne Copy Share Image
“He’s a real romantic,” said my mother. “Romantics are usually bastards, in case you haven’t noticed.” — Suzanne Berne Copy Share Image
“Where do you get your ideas?' people are always asking authors they admire, which I’ve always thought was another way of asking, 'How did… — Suzanne Berne Copy Share Image
