Ann Patchett

This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage

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  • MaríaJosé E.H.has quoted7 years ago
    This is how we change the world: we grab hold of it. We change ourselves
  • juljarjbchnkhas quoted5 years ago
    then you might be politely tolerated but you would never truly be accepted.
  • juljarjbchnkhas quoted5 years ago
    As time goes on, the Met has dug down deep to keep the intermission features interesting.
  • juljarjbchnkhas quoted5 years ago
    we clap for both arias and curtain calls. We call out Brava! and Bravo! The rational mind understands the singers can’t hear us, and yet we are living so completely in our high-definition moment it is easy to forget.
  • juljarjbchnkhas quoted5 years ago
    but even in those early days country music and I were a poor fit.
  • juljarjbchnkhas quoted5 years ago
    All I had ever wanted was a dog who would sleep in my lap while I read and lick my neck and bring me the ball to throw eighty-seven times in a row. I thought a dog would be the key to perfect happiness. And I was right. We are perfectly happy.
  • juljarjbchnkhas quoted5 years ago
    as far as I can tell, they know absolutely nothing of unconditional love.
  • juljarjbchnkhas quoted5 years ago
    . But when fate knocks on the door, you’d better answer.
  • juljarjbchnkhas quoted5 years ago
    ; I wasn’t planning any further than five minutes ahead.
  • juljarjbchnkhas quoted5 years ago
    while. I wanted her to make her decision and stick to it
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