112 Quotes by Amy Hempel

Maybe this is not a come-down-from-the-ledge story. But I tell it with the thought that the woman on the ledge will ask herself a question, the question that occurred to that man in Bogota. He wondered how we know that what happens to us isn’t good?

He wondered how we know that what happens to us isn’t good.

When she sees him, Holly says, it’s like the sunsets at the beach – once the sun drops, the sand chills quickly. Then it’s like a lot of times that were good ten minutes ago and don’t count now.

Look at me. My concerns-are they spiritual, do you think, or carnal? Come on. We’ve read our Shakespeare.