Society was nothing but a long, dull dinner party conversation in which one was forced to speak to one's partner on both the left and the right.
Ann PatchettI don't believe in fate, as in, which I - as a Catholic, I think, sort of predestination. But I certainly believe in chance.
Ann PatchettI certainly have written a lot about police in my life, and it's not only something that I know about, but always something that interests me.
Ann PatchettIt makes you wonder. All the brilliant things we might have done with our lives if only we suspected we knew how.
Ann Patchett