"An abiding preoccupation for me is how much of our lives are invisible and unknown by other people, like the Chekhov story 'The Lady With the Little Dog.'"

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Source : "Midlife and Fantasy at 42 — Claire Messud’s New Novel Resonates". Interview with Heidi Legg, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 2, 2013.

Claire Messud

#Dog Quotes #People Quotes #Abiding Quotes

“An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.”

Source : Newsweek, May 16, 1955.
“A broom sweeps clean, and itself becomes soiled; cleanse yourself of those offenses of which you may feel guilty.”
“People who are living donors who give kidneys. You can't give a heart and you can't give a liver, but you can sure give a lung - well, kidneys, anyhow. And that's where the main part of this whole thing is - one out of every eight people, I believe, is going to have some kind of kidney problem during their lifetime.”
“If Richard Nixon was second-rate, what in the world is third-rate?”
“Very few opera singers in history have been able to cross into popular music.”
“Every prosperous person who does not work has a creative scheme that does.”
“These ante meridiem cats, insomniacs... Four in the mornin' we throwin back some Cognac juice.”
“When you really want love you will find it waiting for you.”

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