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title: "1 Shape Lives Quotes By Claire Vaye Watkins"
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> [Like all our memories, we like to take it out once in a while and lay it flat on the kitchen table, the way my wife does with her sewing patterns, where we line up the shape of our lives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-vaye-watkins/like-all-our-memories-we-like-to-take-it-out-once-in-a-while-and-lay/)

[Claire Vaye Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-vaye-watkins/)

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## More by Claire Vaye Watkins

> [“Intuition enters the mind in a way Western science has yet to explain. Moses was a dowser, probably Jesus too. Though they did not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-vaye-watkins/intuition-enters-the-mind-in-a-way-western-science-has-yet-to-explain/)

[Claire Vaye Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-vaye-watkins/)

> [“One way to say all this is, Our mother was an addict and she overdosed. Another way is, Our mother was suicidal and she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-vaye-watkins/one-way-to-say-all-this-is-our-mother-was-an-addict-and-she-overdosed/)

[Claire Vaye Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-vaye-watkins/)

> [“They'd drink like men, like their fathers and uncles, like George fucking Washington...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-vaye-watkins/they-d-drink-like-men-like-their-fathers-and-uncles-like-george/)

[Claire Vaye Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-vaye-watkins/)

> [“His cigarettes helped mark the passage of time, especially on days that seemed all sun and sky...The dependable dwindling of his cigarette supply reassured…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-vaye-watkins/his-cigarettes-helped-mark-the-passage-of-time-especially-on-days/)

[Claire Vaye Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-vaye-watkins/)

> [“Everything I can say about what it means to lose, what it means to do without, the inadequate weight of the past, you already…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-vaye-watkins/everything-i-can-say-about-what-it-means-to-lose-what-it-means-to-do/)

[Claire Vaye Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-vaye-watkins/)

> [“I love you," he said, and though she knew it was true she kept her eyes closed and said, "Don't say that." She did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-vaye-watkins/i-love-you-he-said-and-though-she-knew-it-was-true-she-kept-her-eyes/)

[Claire Vaye Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-vaye-watkins/)

> [Sometimes love is a wound that opens and closes, opens and closes, all our lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-vaye-watkins/sometimes-love-is-a-wound-that-opens-and-closes-opens-and-closes-all/)

[Claire Vaye Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-vaye-watkins/)

> [A promise unkept will take a man's mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-vaye-watkins/a-promise-unkept-will-take-a-man-s-mind/)

[Claire Vaye Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-vaye-watkins/)

> [What is so incredible and essential about an authentic cultural scene is it rejects a value system based on consumption and productivity and instead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-vaye-watkins/what-is-so-incredible-and-essential-about-an-authentic-cultural-scene/)

[Claire Vaye Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-vaye-watkins/)

> [“The sooner that Layla understands that we are nothing but the sum of that which we endure, the better.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-vaye-watkins/the-sooner-that-layla-understands-that-we-are-nothing-but-the-sum-of/)

[Claire Vaye Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-vaye-watkins/)

> [“You don't love people," he said. "You love what they do to you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-vaye-watkins/you-don-t-love-people-he-said-you-love-what-they-do-to-you/)

[Claire Vaye Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-vaye-watkins/)

> [“I beg your pardon, dune sea, but I am just here to get my girls. If you would kindly. This is not my first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-vaye-watkins/i-beg-your-pardon-dune-sea-but-i-am-just-here-to-get-my-girls-if-you/)

[Claire Vaye Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-vaye-watkins/)

> [Like all our memories, we like to take it out once in a while and lay it flat on the kitchen table, the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-vaye-watkins/like-all-our-memories-we-like-to-take-it-out-once-in-a-while-and-lay/)

[Claire Vaye Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-vaye-watkins/)

> [“The mind is a mine. So often we revisit its winding, unsound caverns when we ought to stay out.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-vaye-watkins/the-mind-is-a-mine-so-often-we-revisit-its-winding-unsound-caverns/)

[Claire Vaye Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-vaye-watkins/)

> [“P.S. On second thought, perhaps sometimes these things are best left by the side of the road, as it were. Sometimes a person wants…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-vaye-watkins/p-s-on-second-thought-perhaps-sometimes-these-things-are-best-left-by/)

[Claire Vaye Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-vaye-watkins/)

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