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> [I tell myself that some names can be mistakes, like Mxyplyzyk, a store in New York that lost customers because few could spell its name to look up the address. I tell myself that lots of writers agonize over titles,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/i-tell-myself-that-some-names-can-be-mistakes-like-mxyplyzyk-a-store/)

[Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/)

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## More by Caroline Leavitt

> [A lot of people hurl themselves into relationships to lose themselves, but I think the best relationships help us to be more ourselves, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/a-lot-of-people-hurl-themselves-into-relationships-to-lose-themselves/)

[Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/)

> [I've always had a clear sense that time is short and we need to live as fully as we can in every moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/i-ve-always-had-a-clear-sense-that-time-is-short-and-we-need-to-live/)

[Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/)

> [“Sometimes, to live your life, you had to protect yourself against what other people might take from you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/sometimes-to-live-your-life-you-had-to-protect-yourself-against-what/)

[Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/)

> [I had a nervous breakdown at 17 when my first love left me, and he was a typical bad boy, albeit a charismatic one,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/i-had-a-nervous-breakdown-at-17-when-my-first-love-left-me-and-he-was/)

[Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/)

> [When you love what you do, it stops seeming like work and instead becomes necessity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/when-you-love-what-you-do-it-stops-seeming-like-work-and-instead/)

[Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/)

> [I cried to my mother that I wanted to go to Hebrew school; I wanted Jewish friends. But when my mother took me, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/i-cried-to-my-mother-that-i-wanted-to-go-to-hebrew-school-i-wanted/)

[Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/)

> [Writers are magpies, and we collect details about people and we use them for fictional characters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/writers-are-magpies-and-we-collect-details-about-people-and-we-use/)

[Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/)

> [I have to admit that many of the relationships I write about are destructive, but that's the yin to the yang of a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/i-have-to-admit-that-many-of-the-relationships-i-write-about-are/)

[Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/)

> [I am an indifferent cook, but I can make pie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/i-am-an-indifferent-cook-but-i-can-make-pie/)

[Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/)

> [“Never. Ever. Give. Up. No doesn't always mean no. Sometimes it's just takes a little work to find the yes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/never-ever-give-up-no-doesn-t-always-mean-no-sometimes-it-s-just/)

[Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/)

> [I love rewriting because that is where and how you discover the story. Its like you have this skeleton, and you get to put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/i-love-rewriting-because-that-is-where-and-how-you-discover-the-story/)

[Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/)

> [I think I became a writer because of my love of stories and an inability to stop asking, 'What if?'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/i-think-i-became-a-writer-because-of-my-love-of-stories-and-an/)

[Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/)

> [While some of the big publishers might give out 200,000 advances, if your book does not hit some of the lists in the second…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/while-some-of-the-big-publishers-might-give-out-200-000-advances-if/)

[Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/)

> [A haunting, harrowing punch to the heart, Among the Missing is flat-out brilliant. About the secrets we keep, the lives we are desperate to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/a-haunting-harrowing-punch-to-the-heart-among-the-missing-is-flat-out/)

[Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/)

> [Literature can allow us to experience the best side of humankind, where instead of giving up, we struggle desperately in the ruins for love,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/literature-can-allow-us-to-experience-the-best-side-of-humankind/)

[Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/)

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