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Me Quotes by Jhumpa Lahiri
- I am drawn to any story that makes me want to read from one sentence to the next. I have no other criterion.
- Being a writer means taking the leap from listening to saying 'Listen to me'.
- I've seen novels that have grown out of one story in a collection. But it hasn't occurred to me to take any of those stories…
- It's easy to set a story anywhere if you get a good guidebook and get some basic street names, and some descriptions, but, for me,…
- The most compelling narrative, expressed in sentences with which I have no chemical reaction, or an adverse one, leaves me cold.
- It interests me to imagine characters shifting from one situation and one location to another for whatever the circumstances may be.
- The sky was different, without color, taut and unforgiving. But the water was the most unforgiving thing, nearly black at times, cold enough, I knew,…
- It was not in my nature to be an assertive person. I was used to looking to others for guidance, for influence, sometimes for the…
- You remind me of everything that followed.
- He told me he was working as an interpreter in a doctor's office in Brookline, Massachusetts, where I was living at the time, and he…
- Winning the Pulitzer is wonderful and it's an honor and I feel so humbled and so grateful, but I think that I'll think of it…
More Me Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale