“A free spirit's just an idiot who doesn't want to face reality.” — Susan Minot Face reality Copy Share Image
Desire suppressed finds its way into other more surreal settings, into dreams. — Susan Minot Desire Copy Share Image
...[She] felt as if she were both a stranger to herself and more herself than she'd ever been. — Susan Minot Felt Copy Share Image
Change and renewal are themes in life, arent they? We keep growing throughout life. — Susan Minot Change Copy Share Image
Families are endlessly fascinating. We all have one, and they have a great impact on who we are and what we do… — Susan Minot Endlessly Copy Share Image
A lot of readers want characters to behave in a responsible way, or they want to understand the characters' dilemma and act,… — Susan Minot Act Copy Share Image
So many bad things happen in this world because people don't know how to express things. — Susan Minot Bad Copy Share Image
When a person you love moves by you with flat eyes that will not see you, it is a shock to believe… — Susan Minot Believe Copy Share Image
People can have a variety of concerns at the same time. Even those undergoing grave or traumatic experiences will acknowledge the need… — Susan Minot Acknowledge Copy Share Image
When I travel, I always take my Winsor & Newton watercolor kit, which is the size of a pack of cigarettes when… — Susan Minot Along Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I suppose I was interested in checking out as much about writing as I could: bad, weird, irritating,… — Susan Minot About Copy Share Image
I went to graduate school with zero expectation. I kind of backed into it. I wanted to go back to school because… — Susan Minot Back Copy Share Image
David Gulden captures animals in all their wonder and intrigue, without glorifying or romanticizing them. He knows Kenya's wildlife intimately, and it… — Susan Minot Animals Copy Share Image
I love 'Anna Karenina.' It's in the top five books on my list. Tolstoy is unsurpassed in combining the grand with the… — Susan Minot Anna Copy Share Image
“The past was speaking . . . what was the difference now? She had the feeling she'd walked into a house she… — Susan Minot Time Copy Share Image
I remember when I was in graduate school and someone in workshop would say, 'I'm going to bring in a chapter of… — Susan Minot After Copy Share Image
“He had made his decision. Later in life Ann would learn that when certain men made decisions no matter how much it… — Susan Minot Decision Copy Share Image
Hope is a terrible thing, she said. Is it? Yes, it keep you living in another place, a place which doesn't exist.… — Susan Minot Awful Copy Share Image
After she was gone there would be no one who knew the whole of her life. She did not even know the… — Susan Minot Clarity Copy Share Image
[The director's idea for the film was:] A young American or English girl goes to Tuscany to visit English expatriates. She is… — Susan Minot Accomplished Copy Share Image
After the briskness of loving, loving stops. And you roll over with death stretched out alongside you like a feather boa, or… — Susan Minot Able Copy Share Image
“Where were you all this time? she said. Where have you been? I guess far away. Yes you were. Too far away.… — Susan Minot Frightened Copy Share Image
“Starkly in an instant she saw herself as she really was-alone in a wood standing among blue shadows with no sounds and… — Susan Minot Black ice Copy Share Image
“She was pulling a rope out of the water and knew it was coming to the end when the barnacles started to… — Susan Minot Five years Copy Share Image
Painting keeps me occupied in those moments when travel can be aimless and even disorienting. Mainly it is a way to register… — Susan Minot Adventure Copy Share Image
I don't consider the first-world concerns any less important than the third-world ones. — Susan Minot Any Copy Share Image
The idea that there is a family somewhere who functions is an odd concept. — Susan Minot Concept Copy Share Image
Between children and parents, there is a difficulty of seeing each other simply as people. — Susan Minot Between Copy Share Image
There is no good reason. Don't waste your life waiting for good reasons...You'll wait and wait. — Susan Minot Good reason Copy Share Image
There are aspects of love that I once undervalued. Kindness. Having a sort of honor when love is on the table. — Susan Minot Aspect Copy Share Image
Writing chases after the senses, and conveys them in an altered form. When it is done well, the senses come alive in… — Susan Minot After Copy Share Image
The teenager's room is her cave. It is here she can meet herself, undistracted by the new hassles life is making for… — Susan Minot Cave Copy Share Image
I first travelled to Africa at the end of 1996 and was immediately captivated. I had planned on a three-week trip, and… — Susan Minot Africa Copy Share Image
Boy poison - a boy's kisses were like a poison, which infected you and after you were exposed you craved more, like… — Susan Minot Addict Copy Share Image
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