Suzanne Berne

“In my experience, people's sorrows are always in danger of bursting out; it's only through careful inattention that they can be contained.”

— Suzanne Berne

“He knew he was not making enough of an effort. Margaret, with her news, her reports and small jokes, her flying starts…

— Suzanne Berne

“He was a mostly mild man with a weakness for passion, a suburban father burdened with the heart of a Russian hero…

— Suzanne Berne

“He was a true voluptuary, in his own modest way, with a voluptuary’s genius for softening the world around him.”

— Suzanne Berne

“He’s a real romantic,” said my mother. “Romantics are usually bastards, in case you haven’t noticed.”

— Suzanne Berne

“Where do you get your ideas?' people are always asking authors they admire, which I’ve always thought was another way of asking,…

— Suzanne Berne