"The number of rooms in a fictional house……" — George Saunders
"The number of rooms in a fictional house should be inversely proportional to the years during which the couple living in that house enjoyed true happiness."
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143 Quotes by George Saunders
George Saunders has 143 quotes on this site.
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He was a father. That's what a father does.Eases the burdens of those he loves. Saves the ones he loves…
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Err in the direction of kindness.
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Anyone can be shamed, but feeling guilt requires empathy within.
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Goodbye. I am leaving because I am bored.
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What once were two, are one
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I am annoyed by individuals who are embarrassed by pauses in a conversation. To me, every conversational pause refreshes.
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I tend to foster drama via bleakness. If I want the reader to feel sympathy for a character, I cleave…
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More and more these days what I find myself doing in my stories is making a representation of goodness and…
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The chances of a person breaking through their own habits and sloth and limited mind to actually write something that…
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It's not that it's so good with money, but that it's so bad without it.
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The traveller must, of course, always be cautious of the overly broad generalisation. But I am an American, and a…
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