When I was in graduate school, I had a teacher who said to me, 'Women writers should marry somebody who thinks writing… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
She was not good on the phone. She needed the face, the pattern of eyes, nose, trembling mouth... People talking were meant… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
“I'll go see her tonight,' I said. I felt I was a person of my word, and by saying something I could… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
When she packed up to leave, she knew that she was saying goodbye to something important, which was not that bad, in… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
I feared Sarah was one of those women who instead of laughing said, "That's funny," or instead of smiling said, "That's interesting,"… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
Love is a fever," she said. "And when you come out of it you'll discover whether you've been lucky - or not. — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
Love is the answer, said the songs, and that's OK. It was OK, I supposed, as an answer. But no more than… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
But I believed in starting over. There was finally, I knew, only rupture and hurt and falling short between all persons, but, Shirley, the… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
I'm very interested in what people will do for money. Money: it's timeless. — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
“One of the problems with people in Chicago, she remembered, was that they were never lonely at the same time. Their sadness occurred in… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
“If you had forgotten, it would quickly come back to you. Aloneness was like riding a bike. At gunpoint. With the gun in your… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
“Observing others go through them, he used to admire midlife crises, the courage and shamelessness and existential daring of them, but after he'd watched… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
Start dating someone who is funny, someone who has what in high school you called a "really great sense of humor" and what now… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
“Amber was not shy. If she had been shy, not one of us would be at Perkins right now.” — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
“Farmers aren't rich. They have land but no money." Actually, my father didn't even have that much land. He had once stood on the… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
“My grandmother, who, when I visited, stared at me with the staggering, arrogant stare of the dying, the wise vapidity of the already gone;… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
I count too heavily on birthdays, though I know I shouldn't. Inevitably I begin to assess my life by them, figure out how I'm… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
I had never feared insomnia before--like prison, wouldn't it just give you more time to read? — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
