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> [“We continued our strolling, for that is exactly what it was: strolling. This was not something I did in real life, either. It was always more like "rushing," or "hustling," or "guy-walking-like-weird-Olympic-walker.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-paterniti/we-continued-our-strolling-for-that-is-exactly-what-it-was-strolling/)

[Michael Paterniti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-paterniti/)

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## More by Michael Paterniti

> [“This again was the curious thing about Ambrosio, his willingness to live fully inside the moment, whatever its virtue or folly, without regard for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-paterniti/this-again-was-the-curious-thing-about-ambrosio-his-willingness-to/)

[Michael Paterniti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-paterniti/)

> [“We all had our secrets, and maybe the most terrible of them was that we weren't exactly who we thought we were, who we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-paterniti/we-all-had-our-secrets-and-maybe-the-most-terrible-of-them-was-that/)

[Michael Paterniti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-paterniti/)

> [“From a footnote: Writes Clifton Fadiman: "A cheese may disappoint. It may be dull, it may be naive, it may be oversophisticated. Yet it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-paterniti/from-a-footnote-writes-clifton-fadiman-a-cheese-may-disappoint-it-may/)

[Michael Paterniti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-paterniti/)

> [“Only occasionally can you glimpse through the embrasures of an otherwise perfectly polite person to see the cannons aimed out, only in a certain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-paterniti/only-occasionally-can-you-glimpse-through-the-embrasures-of-an/)

[Michael Paterniti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-paterniti/)

> [“In our national parlance, what's usually meant by the word "maverick" is someone who skirts the edge of sanity--or is so insane as to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-paterniti/in-our-national-parlance-what-s-usually-meant-by-the-word-maverick-is/)

[Michael Paterniti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-paterniti/)

> [“In the end, it wasn't so much that there was an alternative narrative--there always was--but it came down to belief: Which one did you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-paterniti/in-the-end-it-wasn-t-so-much-that-there-was-an-alternative-narrative/)

[Michael Paterniti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-paterniti/)

> [“Take your hallowed halls of Congress or the littered floor of the Stock Exchange, America is built on its pancake houses!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-paterniti/take-your-hallowed-halls-of-congress-or-the-littered-floor-of-the/)

[Michael Paterniti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-paterniti/)

> [“At first, you fall in love. You wake in the morning woozy and your twilight is lit with astral violet light. You spelunk down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-paterniti/at-first-you-fall-in-love-you-wake-in-the-morning-woozy-and-your/)

[Michael Paterniti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-paterniti/)

> [“After the cafes of Paris with their exquisite wines and creamy fromages, crepes and steak tartare-- screaming Adore me!-- Madrid was these store-bought hunks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-paterniti/after-the-cafes-of-paris-with-their-exquisite-wines-and-creamy/)

[Michael Paterniti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-paterniti/)

> [ “Mark, she now could see, was destined for a life of absolute logic \[...\], while she, the Etch a Sketcher, thought herself destined for… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-paterniti/mark-she-now-could-see-was-destined-for-a-life-of-absolute-logic/)

[Michael Paterniti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-paterniti/)

> [“Learn to listen to this silence, because it will tell you many things, unimaginable things, things of great beauty and meaning.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-paterniti/learn-to-listen-to-this-silence-because-it-will-tell-you-many-things/)

[Michael Paterniti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-paterniti/)

> [“A story is time itself, boxed and compressed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-paterniti/a-story-is-time-itself-boxed-and-compressed/)

[Michael Paterniti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-paterniti/)

> [“We continued our strolling, for that is exactly what it was: strolling. This was not something I did in real life, either. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-paterniti/we-continued-our-strolling-for-that-is-exactly-what-it-was-strolling/)

[Michael Paterniti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-paterniti/)

> [“Someday, of course, she would light out on her own, following her own riverbed, and though we'd follow as long as she allowed, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-paterniti/someday-of-course-she-would-light-out-on-her-own-following-her-own/)

[Michael Paterniti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-paterniti/)

> [“There's immeasurable glory in riding a tractor. You start by taking a lap around the fields, smelling the aroma, admiring the colors, day after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-paterniti/there-s-immeasurable-glory-in-riding-a-tractor-you-start-by-taking-a/)

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