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> [“He wanted to tell her, from the greater perspective he had, that to own only a little talent, like his, was an awful, plaguing thing; that being only a little special meant you expected too much, most of the time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-robison/he-wanted-to-tell-her-from-the-greater-perspective-he-had-that-to-own/)

[Mary Robison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-robison/)

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> [“He wanted to tell her, from the greater perspective that he had, that to own only a little talent, like his, is an awful, plaguing thing; that being only a little special meant that you expected too much, most of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-robison/he-wanted-to-tell-her-from-the-greater-perspective-that-he-had-that/)

[Mary Robison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-robison/)

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## More by Mary Robison

> [Something else that makes me angry is that I got too old to prostitute myself. I wasn't going to anyway but it was there,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-robison/something-else-that-makes-me-angry-is-that-i-got-too-old-to/)

[Mary Robison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-robison/)

> [“Way to pronoun," Saunders says.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-robison/way-to-pronoun-saunders-says/)

[Mary Robison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-robison/)

> [“Once more I'm out, at one A.M., in some store trying to purchase bedding plants. The cashier woman says, "They're three for five dollars.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-robison/once-more-i-m-out-at-one-a-m-in-some-store-trying-to-purchase-bedding/)

[Mary Robison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-robison/)

> [“In her bedroom, a few weeks earlier in her life than had been predicted, she began to die. “Don’t look at me if my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-robison/in-her-bedroom-a-few-weeks-earlier-in-her-life-than-had-been/)

[Mary Robison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-robison/)

> [What it takes to survive out here is order, I realize and say to myself, ‘Divide the day into equal periods. See this travel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-robison/what-it-takes-to-survive-out-here-is-order-i-realize-and-say-to/)

[Mary Robison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-robison/)

> [I grew up in a family of ten. You had to have, like, a burst appendix to get the floor… My brothers and sisters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-robison/i-grew-up-in-a-family-of-ten-you-had-to-have-like-a-burst-appendix-to/)

[Mary Robison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-robison/)

> [You know, up until later on today, I never really knew how to drink.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-robison/you-know-up-until-later-on-today-i-never-really-knew-how-to-drink/)

[Mary Robison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-robison/)

> [“You Can Fly But Your Body Can't My first seat was in first class between Penny and Belinda. Before I poured Rémy Martin down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-robison/you-can-fly-but-your-body-can-t-my-first-seat-was-in-first-class/)

[Mary Robison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-robison/)

> [“There is something you do with dialog that makes it sound more like our talk than our talk does.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-robison/there-is-something-you-do-with-dialog-that-makes-it-sound-more-like/)

[Mary Robison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-robison/)

> [“He wanted to tell her, from the greater perspective he had, that to own only a little talent, like his, was an awful, plaguing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-robison/he-wanted-to-tell-her-from-the-greater-perspective-he-had-that-to-own/)

[Mary Robison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-robison/)

> [“He wanted to tell her, from the greater perspective that he had, that to own only a little talent, like his, is an awful,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-robison/he-wanted-to-tell-her-from-the-greater-perspective-that-he-had-that/)

[Mary Robison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-robison/)

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