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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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Every woman is wrong until she cries.
— Oscar Wilde
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When I get a very generous introduction like that I explain that I'm emotionally moved, but on the other hand I'm Irish…
— Barry McCaffrey
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The cow is an exceptionally loving and gentle creature. She cries for days when her calf is taken from her. It is…
— Unknown Author
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Your top job as a new parent is to love your baby like crazy. After showering her with affection, your next two…
— Harvey Karp
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I asked a thief to steal me a peach: He turned up his eyes. I asked a lithe lady to lie her…
— William Blake
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Do you know what happens when an Arabian woman dances? She does not dance: she protests, she loves, she cries, she makes…
— Unknown Author
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The next time she comes back, no matter what she says, listen to her well. If she cries, give her a handkerchief…
— Kim Do-Jin
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In a great gasp, puts her head in her hands again and cries as if her throat were a cave, as if…
— Marilyn French
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Didn't you tie the mittens on her feet (Wednesday Evening's) extra special nice? Yes--she is an extra special nice pigeon. She cries…
— Carl Sandburg
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When she cries, it is quiet, tearless, almost completely imperceptible: one more unheard prayer.
— Joe Meno
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Nearly every morning, a certain woman in our community comes running out of her house with her face white and her overcoat…
— Lydia Davis
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Why are you so sad, akri? (Simi) I’m not sad, Simi. (Acheron) Yes you are. I know you, akri, you gots that…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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