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