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Claire Messud has 26 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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We live in a culture that wants to put a redemptive face on everything, so anger doesn't sit well with any of…
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As my wise friend Didi has more than once observed about life's passages, every departure entails an arrival elsewhere, every arrival implies…
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Just because something is invisible doesn't mean it isn't there. At any given time, there are a host of invisibles floating among…
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Life's funny. You have to find a way to keep going, to keep laughing, even after you realize that none of your…
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And then, into the fantasy, as into a dream, would come the thought: it's not like this anymore; the world has changed.…
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It doesn't ever occur to you, as you fashion your mask so carefully, that it will grow into your skin and graft…
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Maybe that, really, is as good a definition as any of an artist in the world: a ruthless person.
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Anyway, these books I love, they’re all books by men—every last one of them. Because if it’s unseemly and possibly dangerous for…
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If you’re reading to find friends, you’re in deep trouble.
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We read to find life, in all its possibilities.
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To my mind, Guernica is the most important online intellectual and literary journal in America today.
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I measure my life out in books." "You should be measuring your life by living. Correction: you shouldn't be measuring your life.…
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This is the most beautiful place on Earth. There are many such places. Every man, every woman, carries in heart and mind…
— Edward Abbey
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A plane is a bad place for an all-out sleep, but a good place to begin rest and recovery from the trip…
— Shana Alexander
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At home, I dedicate occasional whole days to reading as if I’m a convalescent. The ideal place for this is the bath,…
— Rachel Kushner
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The Annex is an ideal place to hide in. It may be damp and lopsided, but there's probably not a more comfortable…
— Anne Frank
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It is always assumed that Venice is the ideal place for a honeymoon. This is a grave error. To live in Venice…
— Peggy Guggenheim
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When Picasso painted in Paris, was he a Spanish or a French painter? It does not matter, he was Picasso, whatever the…
— Jean-Jacques Annaud
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The ideal place for me is the one in which it is most natural to live as a foreigner.
— Italo Calvino
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But do you know this idea of the imaginary homeland? Once you set out from shore on your little boat, once you…
— Claire Messud
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Paris is an ideal place to become informed, while Venice is a place to think and write.
— Pontus Hulten
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Our hotel is designed for guests who stay for five or more nights, but is also perfect for short stays and families…
— Peter Tosh
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