“What’s the point of all this? Of all what? she asked. Of all this life .” — Lily King Life Copy Share Image
“Anthropology at that time was in transition, moving from the study of men dead and gone to the study of living people,… — Lily King Anthropology Copy Share Image
I'm always interested in a claustrophobic situation where people might be powerless to do things. — Lily King Might Copy Share Image
You write the facts as you see them, and there isn't a lull with a lot of description. No wonder people like… — Lily King Body Copy Share Image
“You don't realize how language actually interferes with communication until you don't have it, how it gets in the way like an… — Lily King Communication Copy Share Image
“Despite everything, I believed somehow there was time. Love's first mistake. Perhaps love's only mistake.” — Lily King Love Copy Share Image
Usually, the creating of the book happens while I'm writing the book. I start with Chapter One, with a few ideas and… — Lily King Book Copy Share Image
I love reading fiction about people who are connecting intellectually. I find that exhilarating. — Lily King Connecting Copy Share Image
I definitely feel that my brain works differently, and words come out differently, if I have a pencil in my hand, rather… — Lily King Brain Copy Share Image
“It’s that moment about two months in, when you think you’ve finally got a handle on the place. Suddenly it feels within… — Lily King Anthropology Copy Share Image
“Is it always that way with men, that first burst of love or sex the thing that binds you? Do you always… — Lily King Clothes Copy Share Image
To go back to my childhood, I experienced lots of different family cultures, all the while feeling like none of them were… — Lily King Childhood Copy Share Image
I loved languages, and loved learning languages. It was fantastic. But I was alone there. I remember that time as a real… — Lily King Fantastic Copy Share Image
Ever since high school I've been writing in a spiral notebook, in pencil. Everything looks too polished on a computer when you… — Lily King Computer Copy Share Image
“A year and a half up that little tributary somewhere?’ Tillie said. ‘Good God,” — Lily King Copy Share Image
“I search for in my work, in these far-flung places, to find a group of people who give each other the room… — Lily King Culture Copy Share Image
I'm always interested in a claustrophobic situation where people might be powerless to do things. My first three novels were all about… — Lily King Children Copy Share Image
I always had this put-together family, and I always identified as the outsider. And that's a position where I feel most comfortable,… — Lily King Childhood Copy Share Image
I had lived in France before graduate school, but because of Spain, I had a lot of the characters go and spend… — Lily King Bits Copy Share Image
“So much of this trip had been spent gazing at spectacular sights, which always filled me, as this one did now, with… — Lily King Beauty Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you just find a culture that breaks your heart,” she said finally.” — Lily King Culture Copy Share Image
