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> [Folks think a lifetime is a thing stretched out over years. It ain't. It can happen quick as a match in a dark room.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esi-edugyan/folks-think-a-lifetime-is-a-thing-stretched-out-over-years-it-ain-t/)

[Esi Edugyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esi-edugyan/)

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## More by Esi Edugyan

> [“Hell," he said with a grin. "It's early yet. It's always early, while you still alive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esi-edugyan/hell-he-said-with-a-grin-it-s-early-yet-it-s-always-early-while-you/)

[Esi Edugyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esi-edugyan/)

> [Ain't no glory made from being dependable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esi-edugyan/ain-t-no-glory-made-from-being-dependable/)

[Esi Edugyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esi-edugyan/)

> [“Do you still call it talent, if it blooms without any kind of nurturing? That's got to be something else. She made talent sound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esi-edugyan/do-you-still-call-it-talent-if-it-blooms-without-any-kind-of/)

[Esi Edugyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esi-edugyan/)

> [“She laughed. I closed my eyes. It sounded damn mournful, that laugh of hers echoing off the square.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esi-edugyan/she-laughed-i-closed-my-eyes-it-sounded-damn-mournful-that-laugh-of/)

[Esi Edugyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esi-edugyan/)

> [Of all the excellent copyedits I've received over the years, Marie-Lynn Hammond's was by far the best. Her work on Half Blood Blues was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esi-edugyan/of-all-the-excellent-copyedits-i-ve-received-over-the-years-marie/)

[Esi Edugyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esi-edugyan/)

> [“Her lips was hot, like the ridge of a cooking dish.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esi-edugyan/her-lips-was-hot-like-the-ridge-of-a-cooking-dish/)

[Esi Edugyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esi-edugyan/)

> [“Jazz. Here in Germany it become something worse than a virus. We was all of us damn fleas, us Negroes and Jews and low-life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esi-edugyan/jazz-here-in-germany-it-become-something-worse-than-a-virus-we-was/)

[Esi Edugyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esi-edugyan/)

> [“An ancient old raisin of a man. I”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esi-edugyan/an-ancient-old-raisin-of-a-man-i/)

[Esi Edugyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esi-edugyan/)

> [“Chip recons that he is charming as hell, and who am I to poke holes in his theory. That means that sometimes lies leave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esi-edugyan/chip-recons-that-he-is-charming-as-hell-and-who-am-i-to-poke-holes-in/)

[Esi Edugyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esi-edugyan/)

> [It's like that, I guess, when the past come to collect what you owe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esi-edugyan/it-s-like-that-i-guess-when-the-past-come-to-collect-what-you-owe/)

[Esi Edugyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esi-edugyan/)

> [“There's all sorts of ways to live, Chip. Some of them you give a lot. Some of them you take a lot. Art, jazz,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esi-edugyan/there-s-all-sorts-of-ways-to-live-chip-some-of-them-you-give-a-lot/)

[Esi Edugyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esi-edugyan/)

> [“It's always early, while you still alive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esi-edugyan/it-s-always-early-while-you-still-alive/)

[Esi Edugyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esi-edugyan/)

> [To me, chocolate was the sole reason we on this earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esi-edugyan/to-me-chocolate-was-the-sole-reason-we-on-this-earth/)

[Esi Edugyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esi-edugyan/)

> [“Chip said it was his piano hands - one ain't never doing the same thing as the other.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esi-edugyan/chip-said-it-was-his-piano-hands-one-ain-t-never-doing-the-same-thing/)

[Esi Edugyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esi-edugyan/)

> [Folks think a lifetime is a thing stretched out over years. It ain't. It can happen quick as a match in a dark room.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esi-edugyan/folks-think-a-lifetime-is-a-thing-stretched-out-over-years-it-ain-t/)

[Esi Edugyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esi-edugyan/)

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