"And then, into the fantasy, as into a……" — Claire Messud
"And then, into the fantasy, as into a dream, would come the thought: it's not like this anymore; the world has changed. Just the way, even at that time fully two years after my mother's death, I'd catch myself thinking about her as alive; and would suddenly remember, an admonitory finger of grief upon my breast, that she was gone."
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26 Quotes by Claire Messud
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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