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Lydia Davis has 36 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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We feel an affinity with a certain thinker because we agree with him; or because he shows us what we were already…
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We all have an ongoing narrative inside our heads, the narrative that is spoken aloud if a friend asks a question. That…
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You know the pain is part of the whole thing. And it isn’t that you can say afterwards the pleasure was greater…
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The moment when a limit is reached, when there is nothing ahead but darkness: something comes in to help that is not…
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I attempt all day, at work, not to think about what lies ahead, but this costs me so much effort that there…
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No one is calling me. I can’t check the answering machine because I have been here all this time. If I go…
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To observe the world carefully, to write a lot and often, on a schedule if necessary, to use the dictionary a lot,…
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Why don't you like the foods I like?" he asks sometimes. "Why don't you like the foods I make?" I answer.
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But it is curious how you can see that an idea is absolutely true and correct and yet not believe it deeply…
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Do what you want to do, and don't worry if it's a little odd or doesn't fit the market.
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I never dream in French, but certain French words seem better or more fun than English words - like 'pois chiches' for…
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I think the close work I do as a translator pays off in my writing - I'm always searching for multiple ways…
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The existence of another, competing translation is a good thing, in general, and only immediately discouraging to one person - the translator…
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