Quote by Anne Tyler
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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

Other quotes by Anne Tyler

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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Marriage
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For my own family, I would always choose the makeshift, surrogate family formed by various characters unrelated by blood. – Anne Tyler

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Family
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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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Other Quotes from
Age
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The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age. – John Jay Chapman

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Age

Another belief of mine that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. – Margaret Atwood

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Age

Age is how we determine how valuable you are. – Jane Elliot

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Age

Right up until the time I retired at age 37, I felt like there were still things that I could do better. – Julius Erving

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Age

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We are supposed to enjoy the good stuff now, while we can, with the people we love. Life has a funny way of teaching us that lesson over and over again. – Sheena Easton

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You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said “Parking Fine.” – Tommy Cooper

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Driving

It is a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take it from another persons plate. – Dave Barry

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Excessive fear is always powerless. – Aeschylus

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