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Claire Keegan

(1968) Writer

8 quotes in 18 categories

Claire Keegan is a writer.

Quick Facts About Claire Keegan

Born: January 1, 1968
Profession: Writer

About Claire Keegan

[Wikidata] Irish writer of short stories... | [Wikipedia] Claire Keegan is an Irish writer known for her short stories, which have been published in The New Yorker, Best American Short Stories, Granta, and The Paris Review. She is also known for her novellas, two of which have been adapted as films.

Quotes by Claire Keegan

“It's too good, she is. She wants to find the good in others, and sometimes her way of finding that is to…

Disappointment

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My heart feels not so much in my chest as in my hands. I am carrying it along swiftly, as though I…

Feels

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“I will learn fifteen types of wind and know the weight of tomorrow's rain by the rustle in the sycamores.”

Rain

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“As soon as she says this, I realize she is just like everyone else, and wish I was back at home so…

Home

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I am in a spot where I can neither be what I always am nor turn into what I could be.

Spots

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“Many's the man lost much just because he missed a perfect opportunity to say nothing.”

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“Eventualities. A good woman can look far down the line and smell what is coming before a man even gets a sniff…

Eventualities

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“There are tears there but she is too proud to blink and let one fall. If she blinked, he would take her…

Life

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