"The affectionate farce I make of him ignores……" — Lorrie Moore

"The affectionate farce I make of him ignores the ways I feel his lack of love for me. But we are managing."

112 Quotes by Lorrie Moore

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Twenty-year-olds have a kind of emotional idealism about relationships and about the world that enables them to say, 'No, you…
Later I would come to believe that erotic ties were all a spell, a temporary psychosis, even a kind of…
All the way out I listen to the car AM radio, bad lyrics of trailer park love, gin and tonic…
Basically, I realized I was living in that awful stage of life between twenty-six to and thirty-seven known as stupidity.…
For love to last, you had to have illusions or have no illusions at all. But you had to stick…
There seemed nothing so true as a yellow tree.
Better to think of writing, of what one does, as an activity, rather than an identity to keep the calling…
The only really good piece of advice I have for my students is, 'Write something you'd never show your mother…
The detachment of the artist is kind of creepy. It's kind of rude, and yet really it's where art comes…
Love is art, not truth. It’s like painting scenery.
If one loves stories, then one would naturally love the story of the story. Or the story behind the story,…
To write a short story, you have to be able to stay up all night.

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We are still so close, David and I. We were at a party the other day at my mum's house… — Victoria Beckham
Turkeys know their names, come when you call, and are totally affectionate. They're better than teenagers. — Elayne Boosler
I've always wanted male friends that I could be real intimate with and talk about important things with and be… — Kurt Cobain
Jane was my wicked stepmother: she was generous, affectionate and resourceful; she salvaged my schooling and I owe her an… — Martin Amis
I'm still amazed at how my mother emerged from her lonely early life as such an affectionate and levelheaded woman. — Hillary Clinton
Prayer is a sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring out of the soul to God, through Christ, in the strength and assistance… — John Bunyan
Trusting in Him, who can go with me, and remain with you and be every where for good, let us… — Abraham Lincoln
In this would I live; in this would I die; upon this would I dwell in my thoughts and affections,… — John Owen
Be a good human being, a warm-hearted affectionate person. That is my fundamental belief. Having a sense of caring, a… — Dalai Lama
An affectionate disposition not only makes the mind more peaceful and calm, but it affects our body in a positive… — Dalai Lama
There is nothing so lowering to one's self-esteem as the affectionate contempt of a beloved cat. — Monica Edwards
It is a curious truth that many cats enjoy warmer, more convivial, even affectionate relationships with humans than they could… — Bruce Fogle

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