I was standing in the schoolyard waiting for a child when another mother came up to me. Have you found work yet?… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
You think we're a family,' Cody said, turning back. 'You think we're some jolly, situation-comedy family when we're in particles, torn apart,… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
“She’s so pretty to look at and so lighthearted, the way your mother used to be before we married. But she’s not,… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
“Always have a purpose,' his father used to tell him. 'Act like you're heading someplace purposeful, and none of the low-life will… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
“Reading is the first to go," my mother used to say, meaning that it was a luxury the brain dispensed with under… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
People always talked about a mother's uncanny ability to read her children, but that was nothing compared to how children could read… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
(About parenting:) ... all that tedium, broken up by little spurts of high drama. — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
“Hi Kate! We went to get marriage license! Who’s we? Your Father and I. Well I hope you’ll be very happy together.” — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
“Everything,' his father said, 'comes down to time in the end--to the passing of time, to changing. Ever thought of that? Anything… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
None of my own experiences ever finds its way into my work. However, the stages of my life - motherhood, middle age, etc. -… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
For my own family, I would always choose the makeshift, surrogate family formed by various characters unrelated by blood. — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
Mostly it's lies, writing novels. You set out to tell an untrue story and you try to make it believable, even to yourself. Which… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
“You wake in the morning, you’re feeling fine, but all at once you think, “Something’s not right. Something’s off somewhere; what is it?” And… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
“...that was Julian for you: reckless. A dashing sailor, a speedy driver, a frequenter of single bars, he was the kind of man who… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
“Disaster followed disaster... the hero stuck in there, though. Macon had long ago noticed that all adventure movies had the same moral: Perseverance pays.… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
It struck her all at once that dealing with other human beings was an awful lot of work. — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
“Justine hated pantsuits. Whenever she saw one, she had an urge to tell the owner some scandalous fortune, loudly enough to be heard everywhere:… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
