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I don't ever really know where I get my characters from.

~Elizabeth Strout

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I was a pretty terrible lawyer. A really, really terrible lawyer.

~Elizabeth Strout

Topics: Lawyer Pretty Really Terrible

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I don't think of myself as a fast reader. I just read a lot. When someone else might think, 'I might do the dishes,' I don't. But then the dishes multiply.

~Elizabeth Strout

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'Pnin' by Vladimir Nabokov, which is a literally small book, fit right in my common law book. I would sit in class and read it.

~Elizabeth Strout

Topics: Book Class Common Common Law Fit Law Literally Read Right Sit Small Which Would

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I sometimes miss the sense of excitement that I remember having when I was younger. I miss that sense of, 'Oh wow.' I think it's part of aging.

~Elizabeth Strout

Topics: Aging Excitement Having Miss Oh Part Remember Sense Sometimes Think Wow Younger I Think I Remember

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I think, really, that the only way a person can open their heart to someone who is so much another is really by knowing them... whether that's in a classroom, or a soccer team, or a food pantry, or any of those things. I mean, we're kind of more alike than we are different.

~Elizabeth Strout

Topics: Alike Another Any Classroom Different Food Heart Kind Knowing Mean More Much Only Open Person Really Soccer Someone Team Than Them Things Think Those Way Whether Who I Think

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: January 6th, 1956

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