294 Quotes by Ann Patchett

You throw a person in the river and then make a spectacle of jumping in to save them.

I'm very comfortable writing.

You can’t pick up and leave everything behind because there is too much sadness in the world and not enough places to go.

Sometimes if there's a book you really want to read, you have to write it yourself.

People seem able to love their dogs with an unabashed acceptance that they rarely demonstrate with family or friends. The dogs do not disappointment them, or, if they do, the owners manages to forget about it quickly. I want to learn to love people like this, the way I love my dog, with pride and enthusiasm and a complete amnesia for faults. In short, to love others the way my dog loves me.

The hardest piece of nonfiction I ever wrote isn't anywhere close to the easiest piece of fiction I never wrote.

Using your imagination is the one time in life you can really go anywhere.

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.

Even though I didn't know I was applying for the job, I have somehow become the spokesperson for independent book stores.