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Time, in general, has always been a central obsession of mine – what it does to people, how it can constitute a plot all on its own. So naturally, I am interested in old age. – Anne Tyler

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Ever consider what pets must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul – chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think were the greatest hunters on earth! – Anne Tyler

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But what I hope for from a book – either one that I write or one that I read – is transparency. I want the story to shine through. I dont want to think of the writer. – Anne Tyler

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Hope
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The Amateur Marriage grew out of the reflection that of all the opportunities to show differences in character, surely an unhappy marriage must be the richest. – Anne Tyler

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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. – Chinese Proverb

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I always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of 12. – Alexander McQueen

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By all but the pathologically romantic, it is now recognized that this is not the age of the small man. – John Kenneth Galbraith

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Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not far short of 30 years, nor much above this is the right time for marriage. – Hesiod

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By the time Obama came into office, Washington had already agreed over a period of a few weeks to a $700 billion government infusion into the world banking system. Nothing of the sort had ever been done before, and it was done spit spot with very little national debate. – John Podhoretz

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What is called a sincere work is one that is endowed with enough strength to give reality to an illusion. – Max Jacob

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