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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Happiness begins to deteriorate once it is named.
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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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