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 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 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 PatchettI craft everything in the beginning. I know where the characters are going before I start writing the book.
Ann Patchett