All Charles Baxter Quotes
- Forget art. Put your trust in ice cream. Art
- Gainfully unemployed, very proud of it, too. Funny
- In truth, there are only two realities: the one for people who are in love or love each other, and the one for people who… All
- There is no weather in malls. Inspirational
- Everybody should customize their names. Customize
- [T]he astonishing purity of pain, how it will not be mixed with any other sensation. Any
- There's nothing to talk about to strangers anymore, if you know what I mean. Everything I want to say, I say to her. Anymore
- In February, the overcast sky isn’t gloomy so much as neutral and vague. It’s a significant factor in the common experience of depression among the… Almost Entirely
- As my mother once said to me, ‘They’re quite crazy, dear – men are. What you look for is one of them whose insanity is… Calm
- The worst mistakes I've made have been the ones directed by sweet-natured hopefulness. Been
- You know, there's something heartsick about parties like this. Look at us. We're all pretending to be smart, as if intelligence were the cure for… All
- When I'm writing, I'm waiting to see somebody, and I'm waiting to hear them. It's almost like conjuring spirits out of the air, using your… Air
- The point is that although love may die, what is said on its behalf cannot be consumed by the passage of time, and forgiveness is… Behalf
- If you want to see the consequences of ideas, write a story. If you want to see the consequences of belief, write a story in… Acting
- I don't think that most women have to prove that they're real women. You live long enough, you graduate to being real. Graduate
- Savor the imminent weirdness of the day. Day
- As the poet says, all happy couples are alike, it's the unhappy ones who create the stories. I'm no longer a story. Happiness has made… Alike
- When you break the heart of the philosopher, you must apply great force and cunning strategy, but when the deed is completed, the heart lies… All