Claire Messud Quotes

Life’s funny. You have to find a way to keep going, to Claire Messud Picture Quote

Life’s funny. You have to find a way to keep going, to

— Claire Messud

If you’re reading to find friends, you’re in deep trouble. Claire Messud Picture Quote

If you’re reading to find friends, you’re in deep trouble.

— Claire Messud

If I had to summarize, most broadly, my concerns as a writer, Claire Messud Picture Quote

If I had to summarize, most broadly, my concerns as a writer,

— Claire Messud

That’s so her. You know, torn between Big Ideas and a party. She’s always been that way. Claire Messud Picture Quote

That’s so her. You know, torn between Big Ideas and a party. She’s always been that way.

— Claire Messud

Above all, in my anger, I was sad. Isn’t that always the Claire Messud Picture Quote

Above all, in my anger, I was sad. Isn’t that always the

— Claire Messud

I’ve discovered over the years that the simplest explanation is almost always Claire Messud Picture Quote

I’ve discovered over the years that the simplest explanation is almost always

— Claire Messud

And then, into the fantasy, as into a dream, would come the Claire Messud Picture Quote

And then, into the fantasy, as into a dream, would come the

— Claire Messud

The more accurately one can illuminate a particular human experience, the better Claire Messud Picture Quote

The more accurately one can illuminate a particular human experience, the better

— Claire Messud

But do you know this idea of the imaginary homeland? Once you Claire Messud Picture Quote

But do you know this idea of the imaginary homeland? Once you

— Claire Messud

Nobody would know me from my own description of myself; which is Claire Messud Picture Quote

Nobody would know me from my own description of myself; which is

— Claire Messud

I’m not a writing group member, not a joiner in that way. Claire Messud Picture Quote

I’m not a writing group member, not a joiner in that way.

— Claire Messud

We live in a culture that wants to put a redemptive face Claire Messud Picture Quote

We live in a culture that wants to put a redemptive face

— Claire Messud

When you are the woman upstairs, nobody thinks of you first. Nobody Claire Messud Picture Quote

When you are the woman upstairs, nobody thinks of you first. Nobody

— Claire Messud

We read to find life, in all its possibilities. Claire Messud Picture Quote

We read to find life, in all its possibilities.

— Claire Messud

Maybe that, really, is as good a definition as any of an Claire Messud Picture Quote

Maybe that, really, is as good a definition as any of an

— Claire Messud

As my wise friend Didi has more than once observed about life’s Claire Messud Picture Quote

As my wise friend Didi has more than once observed about life’s

— Claire Messud

Geniuses have the shortest biographies. Claire Messud Picture Quote

Geniuses have the shortest biographies.

— Claire Messud

To my mind, Guernica is the most important online intellectual and literary Claire Messud Picture Quote

To my mind, Guernica is the most important online intellectual and literary

— Claire Messud

The apartment was entirely, was only, for her: a wall of books, Claire Messud Picture Quote

The apartment was entirely, was only, for her: a wall of books,

— Claire Messud

It’s the strangest thing about being human: to know so much, to Claire Messud Picture Quote

It’s the strangest thing about being human: to know so much, to

— Claire Messud

I wanted to write a voice that for me, as a reader, Claire Messud Picture Quote

I wanted to write a voice that for me, as a reader,

— Claire Messud

I always thought I’d get farther. I’d like to blame the world Claire Messud Picture Quote

I always thought I’d get farther. I’d like to blame the world

— Claire Messud

Does Being Happy simply Create More Time, in the way that Being Claire Messud Picture Quote

Does Being Happy simply Create More Time, in the way that Being

— Claire Messud

Just because something is invisible doesn’t mean it isn’t there. At any Claire Messud Picture Quote

Just because something is invisible doesn’t mean it isn’t there. At any

— Claire Messud

I was funny — ha-ha, not peculiar. It was a modest currency, Claire Messud Picture Quote

I was funny — ha-ha, not peculiar. It was a modest currency,

— Claire Messud

I believe that, in an ideal world, writers would feel free to Claire Messud Picture Quote

I believe that, in an ideal world, writers would feel free to

— Claire Messud

Anyway, these books I love, they’re all books by men—every Claire Messud Picture Quote

Anyway, these books I love, they’re all books by men—every

— Claire Messud

But we’re lost in a world of appearances now. Claire Messud Picture Quote

But we’re lost in a world of appearances now.

— Claire Messud

I measure my life out in books.” “You should be measuring your Claire Messud Picture Quote

I measure my life out in books.” “You should be measuring your

— Claire Messud

An abiding preoccupation for me is how much of our lives are Claire Messud Picture Quote

An abiding preoccupation for me is how much of our lives are

— Claire Messud

It doesn’t ever occur to you, as you fashion your mask so Claire Messud Picture Quote

It doesn’t ever occur to you, as you fashion your mask so

— Claire Messud

The professor husband of a friend of mine has likened children to Claire Messud Picture Quote

The professor husband of a friend of mine has likened children to

— Claire Messud

If you’re reading to find friends, you’re in deep trouble. Claire Messud Picture Quote

If you’re reading to find friends, you’re in deep trouble.

— Claire Messud

Yes, writing is essential to me. It’s my way of living in the world. Claire Messud Picture Quote

Yes, writing is essential to me. It’s my way of living in the world.

— Claire Messud

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