“Aveva l'aria di un posto dove la gente viveva davvero - un posto in cui il difficile, intricato processo dell'esistenza poteva risolversi… — Richard Yates Copy Share Image
The Revolutionary Hill Estates had not been designed to accommodate a tragedy. Even at night, as if on purpose, the development held… — Richard Yates Cheerful Copy Share Image
“She was fifty-three years old and lonely and oppressed; why couldn't he let her have her illusions? That was what her wounded,… — Richard Yates God knows Copy Share Image
Intelligent, thinking people could take things like this in their stride, just as they took the larger absurdities of deadly dull jobs… — Richard Yates Absurdity Copy Share Image
“Emily knew she was going to cry. She tried to avert it with a childhood trick that had sometimes worked before -… — Richard Yates Children Copy Share Image
He took each fact as it came and let it slip painlessly into the back of his mind, thinking, Okay, okay, I'll… — Richard Yates Command Copy Share Image
Acting might bring on emotional exhaustion, but writing tired your brains out. Writing led to depression and insomnia and walking around all… — Richard Yates Acting Copy Share Image
Know what we did, Lucy? You and me? We spent our whole lives yearning. Isn't that the God damndest thing? — Richard Yates Whole life Copy Share Image
In avoiding specific goals he had avoided specific limitations. For the time being the world, life itself, could be his chosen field. — Richard Yates Avoiding Copy Share Image
Our ability to measure and apportion time affords an almost endless source of comfort. — Richard Yates Ability Copy Share Image
“They think the way to be a poet is to wear funny clothes and write sideways on the page.” — Richard Yates Poetry Copy Share Image
“Don't worry, I can't be bothered! You're not worth the trouble it would take to hit you! You're not worth the powder… — Richard Yates Hate Copy Share Image
Remember what Anatole France said about the dog masturbating on your leg--'Sure, it's honest, but who needs it? — Richard Yates Dog Copy Share Image
“The slick, chin-high tops of cars made an undulating surface that stretched away into the darkness in all directions; beneath it stood… — Richard Yates Copy Share Image
“As an intense, nicotine-stained, Jean-Paul Sartre sort of man, wasn't it simple logic to expect that he'd be limited to intense, nicotine-stained… — Richard Yates Paul sartre Copy Share Image
“Well, your mother has her own way of dealing with information.” — Richard Yates Mother Copy Share Image
A man could rant and smash and grapple with the State Police, and still the sprinklers whirled at dusk on every lawn… — Richard Yates Dusk Copy Share Image
“It always seemed to me," she said at last, "that it must require a great deal of courage to be an artist,… — Richard Yates Art Copy Share Image
Being alone has nothing to do with how many people are around. — Richard Yates People Copy Share Image
“She bought a chocolate bar and it tasted surprisingly good - as if, without her knowing it, sitting here and eating this… — Richard Yates Copy Share Image
“They knew what forgiveness was; they were willing to take him for better or worse; they loved him.” — Richard Yates Forgiveness Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it seemed that he'd said six or eight funny things in his life, and that what passed for his sense of… — Richard Yates Funny Copy Share Image
“Proving, proving; and for no other reason than that he was married to a woman who had somehow managed to put him… — Richard Yates Time Copy Share Image
There's never been anything funny about a woman dying for love. — Richard Yates Dying Copy Share Image
When you wrote it didn't matter if hysteria sometimes came up in your face and voice (unless, of course, you let it… — Richard Yates Blanche Copy Share Image
