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title: "1 Year Thought Quotes By Rebecca Makkai"
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> [“You realize something once, when you are nine, and then you realize it again when you are ten, and you realize when you are eleven, twelve, but every year you see that what you thought you understood a year ago,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-makkai/you-realize-something-once-when-you-are-nine-and-then-you-realize-it/)

[Rebecca Makkai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-makkai/)

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## More by Rebecca Makkai

> [“These were wise, modern children, and they knew: a mother could be a witch, a child could be a criminal. A librarian could be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-makkai/these-were-wise-modern-children-and-they-knew-a-mother-could-be-a/)

[Rebecca Makkai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-makkai/)

> [“Because what it's come down to, after that whole messy spring, that whole tortured summer, all the time since, is this: I no longer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-makkai/because-what-it-s-come-down-to-after-that-whole-messy-spring-that/)

[Rebecca Makkai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-makkai/)

> [“I might be the villain of this story.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-makkai/i-might-be-the-villain-of-this-story/)

[Rebecca Makkai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-makkai/)

> [“He started Number the Stars before we were even out of the store. "The only problem is, I already know how it ends," he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-makkai/he-started-number-the-stars-before-we-were-even-out-of-the-store-the/)

[Rebecca Makkai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-makkai/)

> [“So here, patient listener: your soothing epilogue. Imagine him happy. Imagine him spinning in circles... Imagine his heaven, where he can float through characters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-makkai/so-here-patient-listener-your-soothing-epilogue-imagine-him-happy/)

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> [“And for what portion of human history had people even had desk jobs? Maybe the last four hundred years, out of four million? It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-makkai/and-for-what-portion-of-human-history-had-people-even-had-desk-jobs/)

[Rebecca Makkai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-makkai/)

> [“...all I knew were novels. It gave me pause, for a moment, that all my reference points were fiction, that all my narratives were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-makkai/all-i-knew-were-novels-it-gave-me-pause-for-a-moment-that-all-my/)

[Rebecca Makkai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-makkai/)

> [“I could put a book in his hands, but I couldn't take him by the ankles and dip him headfirst in another world. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-makkai/i-could-put-a-book-in-his-hands-but-i-couldn-t-take-him-by-the-ankles/)

[Rebecca Makkai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-makkai/)

> [“On my mental instant replay, I realized that obliquely comparing his family to the Nazis was maybe not my finest moment. He was quiet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-makkai/on-my-mental-instant-replay-i-realized-that-obliquely-comparing-his/)

[Rebecca Makkai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-makkai/)

> [“The whole damn century would've made more sense backwards. Where we ended is worse than where we began.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-makkai/the-whole-damn-century-would-ve-made-more-sense-backwards-where-we/)

[Rebecca Makkai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-makkai/)

> [“But here at Laurelfield, there was something more in the mornings, a buzzing sensation about the whole house, as if it weren't the servants…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-makkai/but-here-at-laurelfield-there-was-something-more-in-the-mornings-a/)

[Rebecca Makkai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-makkai/)

> [“Very few writers thank their mothers for keen editorial insight; I'm happy to be the exception.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-makkai/very-few-writers-thank-their-mothers-for-keen-editorial-insight-i-m/)

[Rebecca Makkai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-makkai/)

> [“I believed that books might save him because I knew they had so far, and because I knew the people books had saved. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-makkai/i-believed-that-books-might-save-him-because-i-knew-they-had-so-far/)

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> [“Like a good American, I wanted to sue somebody. But like a good librarian, I just sat at my desk and waited.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-makkai/like-a-good-american-i-wanted-to-sue-somebody-but-like-a-good/)

[Rebecca Makkai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-makkai/)

> [“I no longer believe I can save people. I've tried, and I've failed, and while I'm sure there are people out there in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-makkai/i-no-longer-believe-i-can-save-people-i-ve-tried-and-i-ve-failed-and/)

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