“Hello and goodbye are the same. Baya ban,” she said. “As many times as you can stand it.” — Lily King Goodbye Copy Share Image
“What’s the point of all this? Of all what? she asked. Of all this life .” — Lily King Copy Share Image
“A year and a half up that little tributary somewhere?’ Tillie said. ‘Good God,” — Lily King Copy Share Image
“He smelled of cigarettes and whiskey, the smell of Cambridge and youth.” — Lily King Cambridge Copy Share Image
“And this led to another round of mapping as we separated men from women, finding that while the male ethos usually represented… — Lily King Feminism Copy Share Image
“Was it possible in any relationship to not disappoint, to do anything more than only briefly rekindle the initial fatal illusion?” — Lily King Copy Share Image
“You have so much to offer, she was often told, as if she had a tray of cigarettes and candy perpetually strapped… — Lily King Analogy 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
When you have people who get angry quickly, you have to learn the rules to avoid being in that situation. — Lily King Angry Copy Share Image
There are certain tribes in the middle Sepik that eat raw bat. A certain kind of raw bat is a delicacy. — Lily King 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
“Despite everything, I believed somehow there was time. Love's first mistake. Perhaps love's only mistake.” — Lily King Love 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
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 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
“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
“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
“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
It also signals to me, when I pick up a pencil, that this is a rough draft. This is not going anywhere,… — Lily King Failure 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
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 Brain Copy Share Image
I didn't major in anthropology in college, but I do feel I had an education in different cultures very early on. My… — Lily King Age Copy Share Image
When I pick up a pencil, that this is a rough draft. This is not going anywhere, and no one's going to… — Lily King Brain 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
“Who can explain why a few words in a particular tone can clear acres of sudden unfamiliarity? ...Would that person look up… — Lily King Copy Share Image
I'm always interested in a claustrophobic situation where people might be powerless to do things. — Lily King Copy Share Image
“mind Nell was writing: —ornamentation of neck, wrists, fingers —paint on face only” — Lily King Artist Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you just find a culture that breaks your heart,” she said finally.” — Lily King Culture Copy Share Image
I love reading fiction about people who are connecting intellectually. I find that exhilarating. — Lily King 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
“It came to him that he didn't like holidays. . . . They bore down on you. Each one always ended up… — Lily King Holiday Copy Share Image
