--- title: "4 Amity Gaige Quotes - Famous Novelist" description: "American novelist... | Amity Gaige is an American novelist. She has written five books and was a 2016 Guggenheim Fellow in Fiction. Gaige is also an aca..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f9/amity-gaige-71275_childhood_childhood-is-supposed-to-be-happy-and-if_2144167.jpg" --- # Amity Gaige (1972) Novelist **4** quotes in **31** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Amity Gaige is a novelist. ## Quick Facts About Amity Gaige Born January 1, 1972 Profession Novelist ## About Amity Gaige American novelist... \| Amity Gaige is an American novelist. She has written five books and was a 2016 Guggenheim Fellow in Fiction. Gaige is also an academic, currently working as a lecturer in English at Yale University. ## Quotes by Amity Gaige > [Childhood is supposed to be happy, and if you can't remember yours with any happiness, what hope have you later, when life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-gaige/childhood-is-supposed-to-be-happy-and-if-you-can-t-remember-yours/) [Amity Gaige](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-gaige/) [Childhood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/childhood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f9/amity-gaige-71275_childhood_childhood-is-supposed-to-be-happy-and-if_2144167.jpg) > [Be happy. Decide to be happy. If you want to be happy, be happy! No one cares if you're happy or not,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-gaige/be-happy-decide-to-be-happy-if-you-want-to-be-happy-be-happy-no-one/) [Amity Gaige](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-gaige/) [Care](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/care/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0b/amity-gaige-71275_care_be-happy-decide-to-be-happy-if-you-want_2446805.jpg) > [To be a writer, open your heart. Keep it open. You can't be a writer with a closed heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-gaige/to-be-a-writer-open-your-heart-keep-it-open-you-can-t-be-a-writer/) [Amity Gaige](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-gaige/) [Heart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc1/amity-gaige-71275_heart_to-be-a-writer-open-your-heart-keep-it-o_2908218.jpg) > [“Suddenly, he wanted some credit for it. He wanted someone to thank him for not crapping on the institution of love. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-gaige/suddenly-he-wanted-some-credit-for-it-he-wanted-someone-to-thank-him/) [Amity Gaige](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-gaige/) [Competitive person](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/competitive-person/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b67/amity-gaige-71275_competitive-person_suddenly-he-wanted-some-credit-for-it-he_3109447.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-gaige/#itemlist", "name": "Amity Gaige Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Childhood is supposed to be happy, and if you can't remember yours with any happiness, what hope have you later, when life starts handing you fresh grief?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Amity Gaige" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-gaige/childhood-is-supposed-to-be-happy-and-if-you-can-t-remember-yours/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f9/amity-gaige-71275_childhood_childhood-is-supposed-to-be-happy-and-if_2144167.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f9/amity-gaige-71275_childhood_childhood-is-supposed-to-be-happy-and-if_2144167.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f9/amity-gaige-71275_childhood_childhood-is-supposed-to-be-happy-and-if_2144167.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Childhood is supposed to be happy, and if you can't remember yours with any happiness, what hope have you…” — Amity Gaige", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Be happy. 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