"So the question really is, Why doesn't that……" — Lydia Davis
"So the question really is, Why doesn't that pain make you say, I won't do it again? When the pain is so bad that you have to say that, but you don't."
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36 Quotes by Lydia Davis
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We feel an affinity with a certain thinker because we agree with him; or because he shows us what we…
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We all have an ongoing narrative inside our heads, the narrative that is spoken aloud if a friend asks a…
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You know the pain is part of the whole thing. And it isn’t that you can say afterwards the pleasure…
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The moment when a limit is reached, when there is nothing ahead but darkness: something comes in to help that…
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I attempt all day, at work, not to think about what lies ahead, but this costs me so much effort…
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No one is calling me. I can’t check the answering machine because I have been here all this time. If…
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To observe the world carefully, to write a lot and often, on a schedule if necessary, to use the dictionary…
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Why don't you like the foods I like?" he asks sometimes. "Why don't you like the foods I make?" I…
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But it is curious how you can see that an idea is absolutely true and correct and yet not believe…
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Do what you want to do, and don't worry if it's a little odd or doesn't fit the market.
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I never dream in French, but certain French words seem better or more fun than English words - like 'pois…
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I think the close work I do as a translator pays off in my writing - I'm always searching for…
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