“...closure, that impossible thing that no one had ever experienced in life, because there always seemed to be a little aperture, a… — meg wolitzer Copy Share Image
It seemed that everywhere you went, people quickly adapted to the way they had to live, and called it Life. — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“The city was a paradox, though maybe it had always been one. You could have an excellent life here, even as everything… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“Jill told him that he just didn't understand what it meant to have been so promising your whole life and now to… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“Married life proved not very different from premarried life, except now there was the desire for solidity instead of expansion.” — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“They should hand out vibrators if they're going to demand so much of you that you can't find time for a private… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“... oh boo hoo , everyone’s life was hard, and if you’d survived the hardship, why write about it? Survival itself was… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“But maybe in life, she thought later, there are not only moments of strangeness but moments of knowledge, which don’t appear at… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“The Buffalo nipple' became a secret phrase that referred not only to this specific event, but to any misguided action that a… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“What if she'd turned down the lightly flung invitation and went about her life, thudding obliviously along like a drunk person, a… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
But clearly life took people and shook them around until finally they were unrecognizable even to those who had once known them… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
I always thought it was the saddest and most devastating ending. How you could have these enormous dreams that never get met.… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“Another spell had been thrust upon her so long ago...She hadn't been able to see it but it was real. Otherwise why… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“Having clients still seemed a little unnatural, though; it made Jules feel that she was a businessperson, someone in, say, consulting, that… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
New teachers were just a part of life, for a few days after one arrived, squawks of interest were emitted from various… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“The city was a paradox, though maybe it had always been one. You could have an excellent life here, even as everything… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“This was a time of life, she understood, in which you might not know what you were, but that was all right.… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
You stayed around your children as long as you could, inhaling the ambient gold shavings of their childhood, and at the last… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
You had only one chance for a signature in life, but most people left no impression. — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
We all would love the idea of people getting what's coming to them in books and in life, but sometimes the trajectory… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“When you looked closely at anything, you could almost faint, Jules thought, although you had to look closely if you wanted to… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
Maybe our lives are like imperfect novel. Novels that would get very mixed reviews. — MEG WOLITZER Copy Share Image
But this post-college world felt different from everything that had come before it; art was still central, but now everyone had to… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“I’ve always sort of felt that you prepare yourself over the course of your whole life for the big moments, you know?… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“When you lived a certain kind of life, pushed along by good colleges and internships and jobs and a shared, tranquil neighborhood… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
New teachers were just a part of life, for a few days after one arrived, squawks of interest were emitted from various corners, but… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“It was exhausting being a schizophrenic, which he was still convinced he was.” — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
I always thought it was the saddest and most devastating ending. How you could have these enormous dreams that never get met. How without… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
But clearly life took people and shook them around until finally they were unrecognizable even to those who had once known them well. Still,… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“This was a time of life, she understood, in which you might not know what you were, but that was all right. You judged… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“Another spell had been thrust upon her so long ago...She hadn't been able to see it but it was real. Otherwise why would you… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
Even if you yourself were unhappy and anxious, whenever you glimpsed happiness in your child, you suddenly became happy too. — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“The world of law was filled with the fallen, but theater wasn't. No one ever "fell back" onto theater. You had to really, really… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“Crema Seamans," Ethan repeated thoughtfully. "It's like a soup made from ... various semens. A medley of semens. It's a flavour of Campbell's soup… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
I've always been drawn to writing for young readers. The books that I read growing up remain in my mind very strongly. — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
