No matter how much we love a book, the experience of reading it isn't complete until we can give it to someone who will love it as much as we do
Ann PatchettPeople gave me such a bad time about wanting a baby. I didn't want a baby, and I still don't. I wanted a dog.
Ann PatchettYou are the same person in every aspect of your life, and you have to be a responsible person in every aspect of your life.
Ann PatchettSome people need a huge amount of attention, and they are worthy of that attention, and they're still exhausting.
Ann PatchettHe realized now he was only just beginning to see the full extent to which it was his destiny to follow, to walk blindly into fates he could never understand. In fate there was reward, in turning over one's heart to God there was a magnificence that lay beyond description. At the moment one is sure that all is lost, look at what is gained!
Ann Patchett