Ann Patchett

In the future, he will try to say her name enough, but he never can. ↗

— Ann Patchett

#name #love

...it was a miraculous thing to be able to watch the person you love undetected, ↗

— Ann Patchett

#voyeurism #love

Catholicism is an obsessive-compulsive faith. ↗

— Ann Patchett

#catholicism #obsessive-compulsive-disorder #run #faith

Art stands on the shoulders of craft, which means that to get to the art, you must master the craft. If you want to write, practice writing. ↗

— Ann Patchett

#art

He was in love, and never had he felt such kindness towards another person. ↗

— Ann Patchett

#love #love

If someone loves you for what you can do then it's flattering, but why do you love them? If someone loves you for who you are then they have to know you, which means you have to know them. ↗

— Ann Patchett

#love

When well told, a story captured the subtle movement of change. If a novel was a map of a country, a story was the bright silver pin that marked the crossroads. ↗

— Ann Patchett

#short-stories #writing #change

If want a person wants is his life, he tends to be quiet about wanting anything else. ↗

— Ann Patchett

#life #life

...that it was so completely their own that it would have been pointless to even try to speak of it to someone else. ↗

— Ann Patchett

#love

...writing stories was always a bit like falling in love with a stranger and running off to Marrakech for a long weekend. It didn't have to be successful to be thrilling. ↗

— Ann Patchett

#short-stories #writing #love