George-saunders Quote by George Saunders

“Parker let the letter drop to the floor, an act she often criticized in movies for its melodrama.”

— Abby Slovin

“The feminine reader, who expected a melodramatic ending, may relax. October”

— Anton Chekhov

“The words were pulled from her, agonizing, like a disembowelment.”

— Dawn Jayne

“Finally, she grew quiet. After that, coherent thought. With this, stalked through her a cold, bloody rage; Hours of this; a period of introspection;…

— Zora Neale Hurston

“She was a committed romantic and an anarcha-feminist. This was hard for her because it meant she couldn't blow up beautiful buildings.”

— Jeanette Winterson

“Much comment on Mrs T.’s courage the next morning, when she arrives at the Conservative conference on the dot, but it’s not difficult to…

— Alan Bennett

“He easily gathered her in his arms; Gramma was made up of skin and bones and hate and crazy - and hate and crazy…

— Barry Lyga

“I am Mavis Elizabeth Betterly. I am used to hard work. I can run a household better than Mrs. Oblinger ever could. What does…

— Caroline Starr Rose

“She looked not so much composed as drawn inward. She was one of those people who are irrevocably, incurably honest and therefore both inflexible…

— Azar Nafisi

“I purposely used a pretty cocky, abrasive writing style in Sex and Crime, to stir up some drama. My confrontational style quickly became the…

— Oliver Markus

“She was so shattered about what kind of man he was -- brutal, tender, passionate. There was little doubt he had some mental disorder.”

— Margaret Way

The inanity of her remark infuriated him. 'Good grief don't you understand Janet? At this point I'm thoroughly delusional. I'm as mentally ill as…

— Philip K. Dick