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
She just happened to feel like it. Wasn’t that after all, the only reason there was? Had she ever had a less… — Richard Yates 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
“For a year she found an exquisite pain - almost pleasure - in facing the world as if she didn't care. Look… — Richard Yates Coping Copy Share Image
“Don't you see what I'm saying? It's got nothing to do with definite, measurable talents - it's your very essence that's being… — Richard Yates Copy Share Image
Warren Cox, God knew, was no prize; a commercial person, a sales person, the kind of man who said things like "x… — Richard Yates Business Copy Share Image
“He was happy enough to stay in this jumbled, lively place where the drinks were cheap and the band was loud and… — Richard Yates Copy Share Image
“Rachel became slowly aware now, even while talking and listening to her own voice, that there might well be something universal about… — Richard Yates Mother 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
“It took Emily a long time to realize that Sarah was dead. Sometimes, waking from a dream of childhood filled with Sarah's… — Richard Yates Copy Share Image
“Sometimes in dreams there are visions of the past. For that reason Alice Prentice had always welcomed sleep, but she suffered an… — Richard Yates Death Copy Share Image
“Her voice had been the only sound in the room for ten minutes or more, and it had been continuous. She seemed… — Richard Yates Copy Share Image
He found it so easy and so pleasant to cry that he didn’t try to stop for a while, until he realized… — Richard Yates Cry Copy Share Image
“He turned off all the hot water and turned up the cold, a thing he hadn’t done in years. The shock of… — Richard Yates 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 Copy Share Image
“The movies were wonderful because they took you out of yourself, and at the same time they gave you a sense of… — Richard Yates Cinema Copy Share Image
“The subjects of her talk didn't matter; he knew what she was really saying. Helpless and gentle, small and tired and anxious… — Richard Yates Failure Copy Share Image
...you found you were saying yes when you meant no, and “We’ve got to be together in this thing” when you meant… — Richard Yates Copy Share Image
“Then he was gone, and Prentice was alone in a silence that rang with all his shrill, unspoken words. He was so… — Richard Yates Mind Copy Share Image
“Because he was closer to her here than in the office, and less shy than in the car, he could see clearly… — Richard Yates Flirtation Copy Share Image
