Ann Patchett Quotes

Best 30+ Ann Patchett Messages, Quotes, and Images

Staying within the world of a novel gives us the ability to be quiet and alone, two skills that are disappearing faster than the polar icecaps.

But we cannot unbraid the story of another person’s life and take out all the parts that don’t suit our purposes and put forth only the ones that do.

The thing you can count on in life is that Tennessee will always be scorching hot in August.

Never be so focused on what you're looking for that you overlook the thing you actually find.

Never be so focused on what you're looking for that you overlook the thing you actually find.

Happiness compresses time, makes it dense and bright, pocketsized.

Happiness compresses time, makes it dense and bright, pocketsized.

Just because things hadn't gone the way I had planned didn't necessarily mean they had gone wrong.

Just because things hadn't gone the way I had planned didn't necessarily mean they had gone wrong.

You are always someones favorite unfolding story

You are always someones favorite unfolding story

If I had problems, I kept them to myself. I didn't make a scene.

If I had problems, I kept them to myself. I didn't make a scene.

There can be something cruel about people who have had good fortune. They equate it with personal goodness.

There can be something cruel about people who have had good fortune. They equate it with personal goodness.

The love between humans is the thing that nails us to the earth.

The love between humans is the thing that nails us to the earth.

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