In this moment that blooms and fades as it passes, he is enough, and all is well in the world. — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
A lot of my work comes from a place of despair or fear. I often write in order to gain some sort… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
And she, the new mother of a daughter, felt a fierceness come over her that seized at her heart, that made her… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
Reading about utopianism, and eventually creating characters with their own utopian ambitions, was the way I learned to live with being a… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
I feel lucky. I do love it, mostly. At college I had it in my heart that I wanted to be a… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
Who, in the midst of passion, is vigilant against illness? Who listens to the reports of recently decimated populations in Spain, India,… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
When I write new worlds, I work in layers, building and throwing out, and building anew. — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
While writing, writers are living inside a character or characters, and when the book ekes into the world, writers are living inside… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
The triumph of writing fiction is that by doing so, writers can build a more ideal world in themselves. — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
If the literary category of 'mordant fable' exists at all, it may be because Brock Clarke invented it. The Happiest People in… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
I'm feminist in that I believe that there should be equality between men and women. I get deeply frustrated on a daily… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
I feel like in American fiction we're moving out of a period of intense irony, and I'm very glad about that. I… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
I'm an anxious person in general, but something about being pregnant and awaiting the release of my first book, The Monsters Of… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
“But my best friend from college was silent for a long time. She, of all of my friends, had seen the parade of sad… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
You had to pick up a landline to make sure your best friend wore a matching outfit to school. I do remember people talking… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
“Then, when we had done so, we put our hands upon the freezing cold monster, our monster. And this is what we felt: vertigo,… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
I see history as really cyclical in terms of the intense idealism, and the desire to create a better life outside of societal norms. — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
“He thinks of the rotten parachute they played with as kids in Arcadia: they hurtle through life aging unimaginably fast, but each grasps a… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
I love writing from enclosed spaces: you really learn about your characters when they have tight walls to push against. — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
“[Still apparent in him, the tiny boy, mewling in cold and hunger. It’s less delicious, this badness bred from survival.]” — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
Even still, we run. We have not reached our average of 57.92 years without knowing that you run through it, and it hurts and… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
I had a series of terrible jobs, whatever would allow me to write for four hours during the day. During that time I wrote… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
“The stories themselves aren't what moves him now...What moves him are the shadowy people behind the stories, the workers weary from their days, gathering… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
“Even still, we run. We have not reached our average of 57.92 years without knowing that you run through it, and it hurts worse,… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
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