In terms of people that I know, my grandmother and my mother are huge influences on my writing life because they are… — Tea Obreht Careers Copy Share Image
“Zora was a woman of principle, an open atheist. At the age of thirteen, a priest had told her that animals had… — Téa Obreht Copy Share Image
“We were seventeen, furious at everything because we didn't know what else to do with the fact that the war was over.” — Téa Obreht War Copy Share Image
“But he was so young then that later he was only able to remember fragments of what happened next: the lull of… — Téa Obreht Copy Share Image
My road to publishing actually came through a colleague who connected me to my agent, and the faculty at Cornell was very… — Tea Obreht Agents Copy Share Image
The dead are celebrated. The dead are loved. They give something to the living. Once you put something into the ground, Doctor,… — Tea Obreht Doctors Copy Share Image
“Trying to write without reading is like venturing out to sea all by yourself in a small boat: lonely and dangerous. Wouldn't… — Téa Obreht Reading Copy Share Image
In the end, all you want is someone to long for you when it comes time to put you in the ground. — Tea Obreht Ends Copy Share Image
I like dark subject matter. I'm not sure what that means about me! — Tea Obreht Dark Copy Share Image
“These stories run like secret rivers through all the other stories of his life.” — Téa Obreht Life Copy Share Image
“Believe me, Doctor, if your life ends in suddenness you will be glad it did, and if it does not you will… — Téa Obreht Death Copy Share Image
“It is as if, having stepped into a room, a man can no longer see the door through which he has come,… — Téa Obreht Copy Share Image
“...fear and pain are immediate, and that, when they're gone, we're left with the concept, but not the true memory--why else...would anyone… — Téa Obreht Birth Copy Share Image
When men die, they die in fear", he said. "They take everything they need from you, and as a doctor it is… — Tea Obreht Children Copy Share Image
“It's a sad thing to see, because as far as I know, this man Gavo had done nothing to deserve being shot… — Téa Obreht Funeral Copy Share Image
You never know what's going to happen in your life, and you never know what's going to happen in someone else's life… — Tea Obreht Life Copy Share Image
When I hit a block, regardless of what I am writing, what the subject matter is, or what's going on in the… — Tea Obreht Block Copy Share Image
“Everything lies dead in his memory, except for the tiger's wife, for whom, on certain nights, he goes calling, making that tight… — Téa Obreht Love Copy Share Image
I've always written about animals. I'm still trying to process why that is. — Tea Obreht Animal Copy Share Image
