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Ann Patchett
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: November 2
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Love is a rebellious bird that no one can tame
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Reading fiction not only develops our imagination and creativity, it gives us the skills to be alone. It gives us the ability to feel empathy for people we've never met, living lives we couldn't possibly experience for ourselves, because the book puts us inside the character's skin.
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For a man to know what he has when he had it, that is what makes him a fortunate man.
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I think the best vacation is the one that relieves me of my own life for a while and then makes me long for it again.
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Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us more empathetic beings.
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People gave me such a bad time about wanting a baby. I didn't want a baby, and I still don't. I wanted a dog.
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I am sure every writer has this and probably every newscaster, that people are always coming up to me and saying, my daughter wants to do what you do, my godson, my tennis partner.
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The quality of gifts depends on the sincerity of the giver.
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Home, bed, sleep, mother--who knew more beautiful words than these?
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You can't always trust what you think, what you know ... but you can always trust your nature.
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The light was cut to lace by the trees that had grown so thick with leaves in the last few months.
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Art stands on the shoulders of craft, which means that to get to the art, you must master the craft.
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I know that there are people out there who believe we should get rid of all guns.
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Nonfiction is easy and fiction is hard.
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Only a few of us are going to be willing to break our own hearts by trading in the living beauty of imagination for the stark disappointment of words.
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If someone loves you for what you can do then it's flattering, but why do you love them? If someone loves you for who you are then they have to know you, which means you have to know them.
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When well told, a story captured the subtle movement of change. If a novel was a map of a country, a story was the bright silver pin that marked the crossroads.
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Thank God Roxane Coss had not fallen in love with one of the Russians. She doubted they could make it up the stairs without stopping for a cigarette and telling at least one loud story that no one could understand.
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The hardest piece of nonfiction I ever wrote isn't anywhere close to the easiest piece of fiction I never wrote.
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Writing is a job, a talent, but it's also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon.
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