--- title: "1 Nature Want Quotes By Andre Dubus" description: "1 Nature Want quotes by Andre Dubus. Plus more from Andre Dubus and more Nature Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/689/andre-dubus-13616_dies_romance-dies-hard-because-its-very-natur_63475.png" --- > [Romance dies hard, because its very nature is to want to live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus/romance-dies-hard-because-its-very-nature-is-to-want-to-live/) [Andre Dubus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/689/andre-dubus-13616_dies_romance-dies-hard-because-its-very-natur_63475.png) ## More by Andre Dubus > [I have always known that writing fiction had little effect on the world; that if it did, young men would not have gone to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus/i-have-always-known-that-writing-fiction-had-little-effect-on-the/) [Andre Dubus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus/) > [Romance dies hard, because its very nature is to want to live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus/romance-dies-hard-because-its-very-nature-is-to-want-to-live/) [Andre Dubus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus/) > [I really think that if there's any one enemy to human creativity, especially creative writing, it's self-consciousness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus/i-really-think-that-if-there-s-any-one-enemy-to-human-creativity/) [Andre Dubus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus/) > [After the dead are buried, after the physical pain of grief has become a permanent wound in the soul, then comes the transcendent and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus/after-the-dead-are-buried-after-the-physical-pain-of-grief-has-become/) [Andre Dubus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus/) > [“There’s something about taking the cart back instead of leaving it in the parking lot…It’s significant…Because somebody has to take them in…And if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus/there-s-something-about-taking-the-cart-back-instead-of-leaving-it-in/) [Andre Dubus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus/) > [“It is not hard to live through a day, if you can live through a moment.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus/it-is-not-hard-to-live-through-a-day-if-you-can-live-through-a-moment/) [Andre Dubus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus/) > [What's so exciting and terrifying about the writing process is that it really is an act of exploration and discovery. With all of us,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus/what-s-so-exciting-and-terrifying-about-the-writing-process-is-that/) [Andre Dubus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus/) > [Don't outline your stories. A lot of fiction workshops say you should. I say the opposite. I quote Grace Paley: "We write what we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus/don-t-outline-your-stories-a-lot-of-fiction-workshops-say-you-should/) [Andre Dubus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus/) > [I think the writer's job is to paint the gray because no life is clearly defined.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus/i-think-the-writer-s-job-is-to-paint-the-gray-because-no-life-is/) [Andre Dubus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus/) > [I know I learn a lot from the students in my class and I'm not just saying that to sound like some generous teacher.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus/i-know-i-learn-a-lot-from-the-students-in-my-class-and-i-m-not-just/) [Andre Dubus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus/) > [Proportion is all; and, in sports at school, I lost it by surrendering to the awful significance of my self-consciousness. Shyness has a strange…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus/proportion-is-all-and-in-sports-at-school-i-lost-it-by-surrendering/) [Andre Dubus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus/) > [“When Jennifer was here in the summer, they were at the house most days. I would say generally that as they got older they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus/when-jennifer-was-here-in-the-summer-they-were-at-the-house-most-days/) [Andre Dubus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus/) > [“The office was large, with many women and men at desks, and she learned their names, and presented to them an amiability she assumed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus/the-office-was-large-with-many-women-and-men-at-desks-and-she-learned/) [Andre Dubus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus/) > [Don't quit. It's very easy to quit during the first 10 years. Nobody cares whether you write or not, and it's very hard to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus/don-t-quit-it-s-very-easy-to-quit-during-the-first-10-years-nobody/) [Andre Dubus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus/) > [“Its sound in her soul was a distant fast train. Love did not bring happiness, it did not last, and it ended in pain.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus/its-sound-in-her-soul-was-a-distant-fast-train-love-did-not-bring/) [Andre Dubus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature-want/andre-dubus/#itemlist", "name": "1 Nature Want Quotes By Andre Dubus", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Romance dies hard, because its very nature is to want to live.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Andre Dubus" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus/romance-dies-hard-because-its-very-nature-is-to-want-to-live/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/689/andre-dubus-13616_dies_romance-dies-hard-because-its-very-natur_63475.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/689/andre-dubus-13616_dies_romance-dies-hard-because-its-very-natur_63475.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/689/andre-dubus-13616_dies_romance-dies-hard-because-its-very-natur_63475.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Romance dies hard, because its very nature is to want to live.” — Andre Dubus", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature-want/andre-dubus/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature-want/andre-dubus/", "name": "Nature Want Quotes by Andre Dubus", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature-want/andre-dubus/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/689/andre-dubus-13616_dies_romance-dies-hard-because-its-very-natur_63475.png" }, "description": "1 Nature Want quotes by Andre Dubus. 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