"Usually she ordered a cup of coffee and a cup of tea, as well as a brownie, propping up her sadness with chocolate and caffeine so that it became an anxiety."

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Source : FaceBook post by Lorrie Moore from Dec 15, 2010

Lorrie Moore

#Coffee Quotes #Sadness Quotes #Worry Quotes

“I think that's created a healthy environment. The comparisons to "ER" were maddening and there was this assumption that the two of us were looking at each other with rage and resentment, which was also not the case.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The future is full of possibility, whether you make one tiny change - or a whole invigorating, thrilling, inspiring bunch of them.”
“I am not sexually attracted to women. I would rather sleep with an ugly man than with a woman.”
“James McMurtry is a true Americana poet - actually he is a poet regardless of genre”
“The water in L.A. tastes like bleach. I literally have to make my tea with Evian water.”
“To me, when one is writing sometimes about a very specific subject with very specific people, I feel like if that story doesn't cross over, it's not working. That's very beautiful to me, to be sitting in Berlin and there's an actor reading my book in German. I don't even know what's going on, except I know to feel my own rhythms in another language and say, "If this is going well, I think everyone should laugh around now." Then maybe there's laughter, and for me, it reminds me of how story can move around the world.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I did find some time to go to a record store and check out "Headstrong" actually in the racks. It was pretty cool; I never thought I'd see my own CD sitting there with everyone else's. I made my Mom take lots of pics!”
“It does not do to rely too much on silent majorities, Evey, for silence is a fragile thing, one loud noise, and its gone. But the people are so cowed and disorganised. A few might take the opportunity to protest, but it'll just be a voice crying in the wilderness. Noise is relative to the silence preceding it. The more absolute the hush, the more shocking the thunderclap. Our masters have not heard the people's voice for generations, Evey and it is much, much louder than they care to remember.”

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