"They may already know too much about their……" — Richard Ford
"They may already know too much about their mother and father--nothing being more factual than divorce, where so much has to be explained and worked through intelligently (though they have tried to stay equable). I've noticed this is often the time when children begin calling their parents by their first names, becoming little ironists after their parents' faults. What could be lonelier for a parent than to be criticized by his child on a first-name basis?"
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65 Quotes by Richard Ford
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At heart, of course, a story itself is consolation's instrument.
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Fear and hope are alike underneath.
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I'm intrigued by how ordinary behavior exists so close beside its opposite.
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Married life requires shared mystery even when all the facts are known.
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Marry somebody you love and who thinks you being a writer's a good idea.
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