No one tells the truth to people they don't actually know, and if they do it is a horrible trait. Everyone wants something smaller, something neater than the truth.
Ann PatchettYou can't always trust what you think, what you know ... but you can always trust your nature.
Ann PatchettYou see an absolutely brilliant film later, as an adult, and you walk out thinking about what to have for dinner. Whereas something like Jaws winds up having a huge effect on me. If only my parents had been taking me to Kurosawa films when I was eight, but no.
Ann PatchettIn this life we love who we love. There were some stories in which facts were very nearly irrelevant.
Ann Patchett