Hope is a horrible thing, you know. I don't know who decided to package hope as a virtue because it's not. It's a plague. Hope is like walking around with a fishhook in your mouth and somebody just keeps pulling it and pulling it.
Ann PatchettSometimes not having any idea where we’re going works out better than we could possibly have imagined.
Ann PatchettNever be so focused on what you're looking for that you overlook the thing you actually find.
Ann PatchettI have seven step-siblings from my mother's second and third marriages. My degree of closeness to my step-siblings varies among the seven but I have a great sense of loyalty to all of them, especially the four from my childhood. If those people needed my help I would be there for them.
Ann Patchett