Best Ann Patchett Sayings
- Reading fiction not only develops our imagination and creativity, it gives us the skills to be alone. It gives us the ability to feel empathy… Ability
- Whenever I saw her, I felt like I had been living in another country, doing moderately well in another language, and then she showed up… All
- He realized now he was only just beginning to see the full extent to which it was his destiny to follow, to walk blindly into… All
- But these last months had turned him around and now Gen saw there could be as much virtue in letting go of what you knew… Been
- Love was action. It came to you. It was not a choice. Action
- I wanted to eat her pain, take it into me and make it my own. Cute
- That was the way things worked. When you were looking for the big fight, the moment that you thought would knock everything over, nothing much… All
- The thing you can count on in life is that Tennessee will always be scorching hot in August. August
- It was never the right time or it was always the right time, depending on how you looked at it. Depending
- Happiness compresses time, makes it dense and bright, pocketsized. Bright
- That is one thing I've learned, that it is possible to really understand things at certain points, and not be able to retain them, to… Able
- The light was cut to lace by the trees that had grown so thick with leaves in the last few months. Cut
- Thank God Roxane Coss had not fallen in love with one of the Russians. She doubted they could make it up the stairs without stopping… Cigarette
- Coming back is the thing that enables you to see how all the dots in your life are connected, how one decision leads you another,… Aided
- There was no time for kissing but she wanted him to know that in the future there would be. A kiss in so much loneliness… Abundance
- Just because things hadn't gone the way I had planned didn't necessarily mean they had gone wrong. Gone
- If what a person wants is his life, he tends to be quiet about wanting anything else. Once the life begins to seem secure, one… Anything Else
- shame should be reserved for the things we choose to do, not the circumstances that life puts on us Choose
- If you're trying to find out what's coming next, turn off everything you own that has an OFF switch and listen. Coming
- Carmen prayed hard. She prayed while standing near the priest in hopes it would give her request extra credibility. What she prayed for was nothing.… Alone
- In this life we love who we love. There were some stories in which facts were very nearly irrelevant. Facts
- She sang as if she was saving the life of every person in the room. Every Person
- Love is a rebellious bird that no one can tame Bird
- It is said the sesta is one of the only gifts the Europeans brought to South America, but I imagine the Brazilians could have figured… Afternoon
- Hope is a horrible thing, you know. I don't know who decided to package hope as a virtue because it's not. It's a plague. Hope… Decided