“The act of writing anything can be as much consent as creation.” — Charles Baxter Consent Copy Share Image
“...Hell is the proof of God's failure or refusal to love.” — Charles Baxter Failure Copy Share Image
What a midwesterner he was, a thoroughly unhip guy with his heart in the usual place, on the sleeve, in plain sight. — Charles Baxter Guy Copy Share Image
Because it is the Midwest, no one really glitters because no one has to, it's more of a dull shine, like frequently… — Charles Baxter Dull Copy Share Image
[T]he astonishing purity of pain, how it will not be mixed with any other sensation. — Charles Baxter Astonishing Copy Share Image
When all the details fit in perfectly, something is probably wrong with the story. — Charles Baxter Destiny Copy Share Image
“To his great relief she recommended no course of action. She listened. She didn't believe in giving advice, even when asked.” — Charles Baxter Advice Copy Share Image
Needing something is not the same thing as being interested in the thing itself. — Charles Baxter Interested Copy Share Image
“Gurov, discovers that the most important features of life that you want to talk about cannot be spoken of in polite society.” — Charles Baxter Life Copy Share Image
When readers don't like the book, it's usually because they feel that romantic love is pass or somehow needs more irony. — Charles Baxter Book Copy Share Image
“In a relentlessly commercial culture, the communication of our private meanings has been vaguely corrupted around the edges by the toxic idioms… — Charles Baxter Communication Copy Share Image
When you break the heart of the philosopher, you must apply great force and cunning strategy, but when the deed is completed,… — Charles Baxter Break Copy Share Image
“You can not figure out love without figuring out death, too, but the effort it takes can knock the wind out of… — Charles Baxter Death Copy Share Image
“it helps that in michigan everyone goes inside from november through april. but from may until october they are outside, on display,… — Charles Baxter Love Copy Share Image
What's agitating about solitude is the inner voice telling you that you should be mated to somebody, that solitude is a mistake.… — Charles Baxter Care Copy Share Image
“Nabokov once said that the price of being a writer was sleepless nights. But, Nabokov added slyly, if the writer doesn’t have… — Charles Baxter Nabokov Copy Share Image
You know, there's something heartsick about parties like this. Look at us. We're all pretending to be smart, as if intelligence were… — Charles Baxter Anguish Copy Share Image
If you want to see the consequences of ideas, write a story. If you want to see the consequences of belief, write… — Charles Baxter Acting Copy Share Image
“The techno-political thriller and the romance novel serve as antidotes to the imagination rather than stimulants to it. For this reason they… — Charles Baxter Air travel Copy Share Image
“Oh”, he said. He was trying to smile, but it was a brave smile, a sickroom smile, and I was sorry I… — Charles Baxter Discouragement Copy Share Image
The problem with love and God, the two of them, is how to say anything about them that doesn’t annihilate them instantly… — Charles Baxter Ends Copy Share Image
What's agitating about solitude is the inner voice telling you that you should be mated to somebody, that solitude is a mistake.… — Charles Baxter Bed Copy Share Image
“An unthinkable thought is not one that hasn't occurred to somebody, nor is it a thought that somebody considers to be wrong.… — Charles Baxter Dark night Copy Share Image
In February, the overcast sky isn’t gloomy so much as neutral and vague. It’s a significant factor in the common experience of… — Charles Baxter Boots Copy Share Image
Every relationship has at least one really good day. What I mean is, no matter how sour things go, there's always that… — Charles Baxter Angel Copy Share Image
“On the first floor near the foot of the stairs, we have placed on the wall an antique mirror so old that… — Charles Baxter Mirror Copy Share Image
At its best, fiction is not a diversion but a means of knowing the world. — Charles Baxter Diversion Copy Share Image
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