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> [“Proving, proving; and for no other reason than that he was married to a woman who had somehow managed to put him forever on the defensive, who loved him when he was nice, who lived according to what she happened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-yates/proving-proving-and-for-no-other-reason-than-that-he-was-married-to-a/)

[Richard Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-yates/)

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> [“Wasn’t it true, then, that everything in his life from that point on had been a succession of things he hadn’t really wanted to do? Taking a hopelessly dull job to prove he could be as responsible as any other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-yates/wasn-t-it-true-then-that-everything-in-his-life-from-that-point-on-2/)

[Richard Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-yates/)

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## More by Richard Yates

> [“Rachel was a girl who depended on small, recurrent rituals - that was one of the things he'd come to know about her, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-yates/rachel-was-a-girl-who-depended-on-small-recurrent-rituals-that-was/)

[Richard Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-yates/)

> [“In the East, he then believed, a man went to college not for vocational training but in disciplined search for wisdom and beauty, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-yates/in-the-east-he-then-believed-a-man-went-to-college-not-for-vocational/)

[Richard Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-yates/)

> [God knows there certainly ought to be a window around here somewhere, for all of us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-yates/god-knows-there-certainly-ought-to-be-a-window-around-here-somewhere/)

[Richard Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-yates/)

> [“And you know what else I used to love? I loved to watch you get into your car and drive away - just because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-yates/and-you-know-what-else-i-used-to-love-i-loved-to-watch-you-get-into/)

[Richard Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-yates/)

> [if you don’t try at anything, you can’t fail… it takes back bone to lead the life you want](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-yates/if-you-don-t-try-at-anything-you-can-t-fail-it-takes-back-bone-to/)

[Richard Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-yates/)

> [“The movies were wonderful because they took you out of yourself, and at the same time they gave you a sense of being whole.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-yates/the-movies-were-wonderful-because-they-took-you-out-of-yourself-and/)

[Richard Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-yates/)

> [Do you know what the definition of insane is? Yes. It’s the inability to relate to another human being. It’s the inability to love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-yates/do-you-know-what-the-definition-of-insane-is-yes-it-s-the-inability/)

[Richard Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-yates/)

> [“It had been easy to decide in favor of love on Bethune Street, in favor of walking proud and naked on the grass rug…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-yates/it-had-been-easy-to-decide-in-favor-of-love-on-bethune-street-in/)

[Richard Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-yates/)

> [Anybody's marriage might benefit from an occasional embargo on talk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-yates/anybody-s-marriage-might-benefit-from-an-occasional-embargo-on-talk/)

[Richard Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-yates/)

> [“Sometimes in dreams there are visions of the past. For that reason Alice Prentice had always welcomed sleep, but she suffered an insomniac's dread…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-yates/sometimes-in-dreams-there-are-visions-of-the-past-for-that-reason/)

[Richard Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-yates/)

> [“There she was, lying on a single bed in a room so small that there wasn't even space for a chair, and the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-yates/there-she-was-lying-on-a-single-bed-in-a-room-so-small-that-there/)

[Richard Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-yates/)

> [“I grandi libri, come i grandi amici, devono essere condivisi.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-yates/i-grandi-libri-come-i-grandi-amici-devono-essere-condivisi/)

[Richard Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-yates/)

> [People did change, and a change could be a bloom as well as a withering...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-yates/people-did-change-and-a-change-could-be-a-bloom-as-well-as-a-withering/)

[Richard Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-yates/)

> [Hard work, is the best medicine yet devised for all the ills of man- and of woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-yates/hard-work-is-the-best-medicine-yet-devised-for-all-the-ills-of-man/)

[Richard Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-yates/)

> [“You still felt that life was passing you by? Sort of. I still had this idea that there was a whole world of marvelous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-yates/you-still-felt-that-life-was-passing-you-by-sort-of-i-still-had-this/)

[Richard Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-yates/)

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