Quote by George Saunders Download Open image ““Sometimes with all the teasing his days were subtenable.”” — George Saunders ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“...on those days when he could not spend half an hour in the company of a good book, he felt deprived.” — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it was funny - the passion he put into each new phase.” — Jonathan Kellerman Copy Share Image
“Instead, he did what we all do. He went about his dull routine as if all the days in the world were still to… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“So much time is spent with people superficially. You remember all the fun you had but nothing specific.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“I was never mean to him, but I participated heartily when the guys teased him.” — Norah Vincent Copy Share Image
“But even in his dissatisfaction he could not quiet the feeling that time was like a flash flood, so full, so brimming with things… — Bess Tefft Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t that he was unhelpful, but he had the kind of vague, cheerful helpfulness that serious men soon learn to dread.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“He who had been a boy very credulous of life was no longer greatly interested in the possible and improbable adventures of each new… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
“He was proud and stubborn, and all the ton looked up to him. Men curried his favor, women flirted like mad. And all the… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
“He was somewhat of a loner by temperament--because though never wholly happy when alone, he was usually slightly more miserable when with other people.” — Colin Dexter Copy Share Image
Success is like a mountain in front of you that keeps growing. If you're not careful, it will take up your whole life. — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“Wow wow wow is all I can say! Remember how I always buy lunchtime Scratch-Off ticket? Have I said? Maybe did not say? Well,… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“None of it was real; nothing was real. Everything was real; inconceivably real, infinitely dear. These and all things started as nothing, latent within… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“We must see God not as a Him (some linear rewarding fellow) but an IT, a great beast beyond our understanding, who wants something… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
America, to me, should be shouting all the time, a bunch of shouting voices, most of them wrong, some of them nuts, but please,… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
In my case, when I am trying to be "kind" I often default in a sort of toothless loving-all stance that is, actually, not… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Whatever your supposed politics are - left, right - if you put it in a human connection, most people will rise to the occasion… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“A Clinton staffer tells me his theory. Think about Frank Sinatra, he says: born to sing. Think about Willie Mays: born to play ball.… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
We try, we fail, we posture, we aspire, we pontificate - and then we age, shrink, die, and vanish. — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“You were torturing a cat," she says. "With a freaking prod." "A prod I built myself in metal shop," he says. "But of course… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“Rachel got up and did this happy little shuffle, like she was some cheerful farmer chick who'd just stepped outside to find the hick… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
What America is, to me, is a guy doesn't want to buy, you let him not buy, you respect his not buying. A guy… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
