I would never understand photography, the sneaky, murderous taxidermy of it. Lorrie Moore More Quotes by Lorrie Moore More Quotes From Lorrie Moore Personally I've never put much store by honesty- I mean how can you trust a word whose first letter you don't even pronounce Lorrie Moore honesty letters mean Plots are for dead people. Lorrie Moore dead-people plot people The affectionate farce I make of him ignores the ways I feel his lack of love for me. But we are managing. Lorrie Moore farce lack-of-love way Every arrangement in life carried with it the sadness, the sentimental shadow, of its not being something else, but only itself. Lorrie Moore sentimental sadness shadow Adults are living increasingly as children: completely in their imaginations. Reading Harry Potter while every newspaper in the country goes out of business. They know so little that is real. Lorrie Moore real country children Decide that you like college life. In your dorm you meet many nice people. Some are smarter than you. And some, you notice, are dumber than you. You will continue, unfortunately, to view the world in exactly these terms for the rest of your life. Lorrie Moore nice college views If you're suicidal, and you don't actually kill yourself, you become known as 'wry. Lorrie Moore killing-yourself suicidal known This lunge at moral fastidiousness was something she'd noticed a lot in people around here. They were not good people. They were not kind. But they recycled their newspapers! Lorrie Moore moral kind people I feared Sarah was one of those women who instead of laughing said, "That's funny," or instead of smiling said, "That's interesting," or instead of saying, "You are a stupid blithering idiot," said, "Well I think it's a little more complicated than that. Lorrie Moore stupid laughing thinking Her life her life had taken on the shape of a terrible mistake. She hadn't been given the proper tools to make a real life with, she decided, that was it. She'd been given a can of gravy and a hair-brush and told, "There you go." She'd stood there for years, blinking and befuddled, brushing the can with the brush. Lorrie Moore taken real mistake I don't think of any sentence as a "one-liner", but I do pay attention to how people actually speak when they are being funny. Rhythm is key. Lorrie Moore keys people thinking Forgiveness lives alone and far off down the road, but bitterness and art are close, gossipy neighbors, sharing the same clothesline, hanging out their things, getting their laundry confused. Lorrie Moore forgiveness confused art [T]he normal and the everyday are often amazingly unstoppable, and what is unimaginable is the cessation of them. The world is resilient, and, no matter what interruptions occur, people so badly want to return to their lives and get on with them. A veneer of civilization descends quickly, like a shining rain. Dust is settled. Lorrie Moore dust rain civilization Your numbness is something perhaps you cannot help. It is what the world has done to you. But your coldness. That is what you do to the world. Lorrie Moore numbness done world I had never feared insomnia before--like prison, wouldn't it just give you more time to read? Lorrie Moore prison insomnia giving There was the usual dreaminess, I suppose. Also a shyness that caused me - and others - to notice that I could express myself better by writing than by speaking. This is typical of many writers, I think. What is a drawback in childhood is an asset to a literary life. Not being fluent on one’s feet sends one to the page and a habit is born. Lorrie Moore feet writing thinking It is like having a book out from the library. It is like constantly having a book out from the library. Lorrie Moore library book If you look at most womens writing, women writers will describe women differently from the way male writers describe women. The details that go into a woman writers description of a female character are, perhaps, a little more judgmental. Theyre looking for certain things, because they know what women do to look a certain way. Lorrie Moore males writing character We were in dialogue that was about something other than what we were saying. Lorrie Moore dialogue Humor comes from the surprise release of some buried tension. Lorrie Moore buried release surprise
