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It struck her all at once that dealing with other human beings was an awful lot of work.

Anne Tyler

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Anne Tyler
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 25
Librarian
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Beings
Human
Humans
Work
Struck
Dealing
Awful

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We stay in the house so much because I am waiting for the telephone. I seem to be back in my teens, a period I thought I would never have to endure again: my life is spent hoping for things that only someone else can bring about.
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I write because I want to have more than one life.
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Liam really enjoyed a good movie. He found it restful to watch people's conversations without being expected to join in. But he always felt sort of lonesome if he didn't have someone next to him to nudge in the ribs at the good parts.
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View your burden as a gift. It's the theme that has been given you to work with. Accept that and lean into it.
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Once your mind is caught on the right snag, there's nothing so hard about the mechanics of writing.
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When you have children, you're obligated to live.
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I've never quite believed that one chance is all I get
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How plotless real life was!
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In real life I avoid all parties altogether, but on paper I can mingle with the best of them
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I didn't really choose to write I more or less fell into it.
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