87 Quotes by Sarah Manguso

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    Interesting people aren’t interested in appearing interesting.

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    I wanted to remember what I could bear to remember and convince myself it was all there was.

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    When a student surpasses my expectations, I feel proud and betrayed.

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    The first time you love someone who doesn’t love you back it seems wrong, not morally but logically, a river flowing up a mountain. How can such a feeling be wrong? You’ll return to that very river, as many times as it takes.

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    Difficulty becomes familiar, at least, if no less difficult.

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    What about those yogis who can lie down on a bed of nails, then arise, streaming blood, then stop the flow of blood from each wound individually with the power of their minds? Isn’t frailty often a choice?

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    Think of this as a short book composed entirely of what I hoped would be a long book’s quotable passages.

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    Progress takes place in the dark, when you aren’t trying.

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