"He had won but he didn't feel like…" — Richard Yates

"He had won but he didn't feel like a winner."

— Richard Yates

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42 Quotes by Richard Yates

Richard Yates has 42 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

It's a disease. Nobody thinks or feels or cares any more; nobody gets excited or believes in anything except their…
You want to play house, you got to have a job. You want to play very nice house, very sweet…
He knew it was possible for shame to be nursed and doctored like an illness, if you wanted to keep…
It haunted him all night, while he slept alone; it was still there in the morning, when he swallowed his…
If you haven't written a novel by the time you're forty you never will!
Anybody's marriage might benefit from an occasional embargo on talk.
Acting might bring on emotional exhaustion, but writing tired your brains out. Writing led to depression and insomnia and walking…
Remember what Anatole France said about the dog masturbating on your leg--'Sure, it's honest, but who needs it?
I'm only interested in stories that are about the crushing of the human heart.
He couldn't even tell whether he was angry or contrite, whether it was forgiveness he wanted or the power to…
God knows there certainly ought to be a window around here somewhere, for all of us.
The Revolutionary Hill Estates had not been designed to accommodate a tragedy. Even at night, as if on purpose, the…

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As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
I feel like obviously the standard for what TV looks like changes all the time. — J. J. Abrams
Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you… — Paul Auster
Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn't write, I would stop… — Paul Auster
Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and… — Karen Armstrong
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and… — Neil Armstrong
No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important. — Mary Kay Ash
Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working… — Mary Kay Ash
Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel… — Mary Kay Ash
We don't have sources who are dissidents on other sources. Should they come forward, that would be a tricky situation… — Julian Assange
I feel like soundtrack music is almost like seeing the movie again, but with my ears. — Dave Attell
People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an amazement and a… — David Attenborough

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