Anne Tyler People Quotations

People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have.

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.

Not until the final draft do I force myself to remember that I'm going to have to think about how it will affect other people.

She thinks the people she loves are better than they really are, and so then she starts changing things around to suit her view of them

Liam really enjoyed a good movie. He found it restful to watch people's conversations without being expected to join in. But he always felt sort of lonesome if he didn't have someone next to him to nudge in the ribs at the good parts.

He was wondering if there was some cryptic, cultish mark on his door that told all the crazy people he'd have trouble saying no.

Something was wrong with a world where people came and went so easily.

People always talked about a mother's uncanny ability to read her children, but that was nothing compared to how children could read their mothers.

But I don't think people take bad advice. They've got intuition too, you know. In fact I'd be surprised if they take any advice at all.

Some people are aware of everything that is going on everywhere at every moment in their lives.

Bravest thing about people is how they go on loving mortal beings after finding out there's such a thing as dying.

...it's closeness that does you in. Never get too close to people, son.

They were like people who run to meet, holding out their arms, but their aim is wrong; they pass each other and keep running.

One sad thing about this world is that the acts that take the most out of you are usually the ones that people will never know about. (from 'Celestial Navigation')

People who hadn't suffered a loss yet struck me as not quite grown up.