Elif Batuman Quotes
One of the most painful parts of a breakup is having the feeling that your life is a story, and then the other person leaves and takes the story with them. And you're left there without it. You're left in this version of life that's basically a succession of events and interactions that don't seem to be going anywhere.
Elif Batuman
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When I started out in life I wanted to teach.
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I'm not the manager because I'm always right, but I'm always right because I'm the manager.
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To regret fully is to appreciate how high the stakes are in even the average human life; fully experienced, it turns our eyes, attentive and alert, to a future possibly lived better than our past.
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I mused for a few moments on the question of which was worse, to lead a life so boring that you are easily enchanted or a life so full of stimulus that you are easily bored. But then it occurred to me that musing is a pointless waste of anyone's time, and instead I went off to see if I could find a Baby Ruth candy bar, a far more profitable exercise.
Bill Bryson
I'm a fan of making things that I've seen but couldn't purchase, or things I bought that didn't fit the way I like.
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I could write about coal miners in Northern Pennsylvania, and people would ask if I was writing about my dad.
Owen King
One of the most painful parts of a breakup is having the feeling that your life is a story, and then the other person leaves and takes the story with them. And you're left there without it. You're left in this version of life that's basically a succession of events and interactions that don't seem to be going anywhere.
Elif Batuman
