Bartender Quote by Lauren Groff

“But my best friend from college was silent for a long time. She, of all of my friends, had seen the parade of sad…

— Lauren Groff

You had to pick up a landline to make sure your best friend wore a matching outfit to school. I do remember people talking…

— Lauren Groff

“Then, when we had done so, we put our hands upon the freezing cold monster, our monster. And this is what we felt: vertigo,…

— Lauren Groff

I see history as really cyclical in terms of the intense idealism, and the desire to create a better life outside of societal norms.

— Lauren Groff

“He thinks of the rotten parachute they played with as kids in Arcadia: they hurtle through life aging unimaginably fast, but each grasps a…

— Lauren Groff

I love writing from enclosed spaces: you really learn about your characters when they have tight walls to push against.

— Lauren Groff

“[Still apparent in him, the tiny boy, mewling in cold and hunger. It’s less delicious, this badness bred from survival.]”

— Lauren Groff

Even still, we run. We have not reached our average of 57.92 years without knowing that you run through it, and it hurts and…

— Lauren Groff

I had a series of terrible jobs, whatever would allow me to write for four hours during the day. During that time I wrote…

— Lauren Groff

“The stories themselves aren't what moves him now...What moves him are the shadowy people behind the stories, the workers weary from their days, gathering…

— Lauren Groff

“Even still, we run. We have not reached our average of 57.92 years without knowing that you run through it, and it hurts worse,…

— Lauren Groff

“Lugubrious and pretentious at the same time.”

— Lauren Groff