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Lorrie Moore Quotes: 6

  • A short story is a love affair, a novel is a marriage. A short story is a photograph; a novel is a film.

  • Humor comes from the surprise release of some buried tension.

  • This is what happened in love. One of you cried a lot and then both of you grew sarcastic.

    Like Life

  • They had, finally, the only thing anyone really wants in life: someone to hold your hand when you die.

    Anagrams

  • Decide that you like college life. In your dorm you meet many nice people. Some are smarter than you. And some, you notice, are dumber than you. You will continue, unfortunately, to view the world in exactly these terms for the rest of your life.

    Self-Help

  • I don’t go back and look at my early work, because the last time I did, many years ago, it left me cringing. If one publishes, then one is creating a public record of Learning to Write.