lorrie-moore

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fca860d	She knew there were only small joys in life--the big ones were too complicated to be joys when you got all through--and once you realized that, it took a lot of the pressure off.	complicated joy joys life like-life living lorrie-moore pressure quote quotes realization short-story small-joys	Lorrie Moore
67f0995	Living did not mean one joy piled upon another. It was merely the hope for less pain, hope played like a playing card upon another hope, a wish for kindnesses and mercies to emerge like kings and queens in an unexpected change of the game. One could hold the cards oneself or not: they would land the same regardless.	lorrie-moore luck	Lorrie Moore
08cb618	He began to prefer talking on the phone to actually getting together with someone, preferred the bodilessness of it, and started to turn down social engagements. He didn't want to actually sit across from someone in a restaurant, look at their face, and eat food. He wanted to turn away, not deal with the face, have the waitress bring them two tin cans and some string so they could just converse, in a faceless dialogue.	conversations dialogue introvert like-life lorrie-moore restaurant tin-can waitress	Lorrie Moore
2d1ed3d	"Tell me something wonderful," he said to Dane. "Tell me that we are going to die dreamfully and loved in our sleep." "You're always writing one of your plays on the phone," said Dane. "I said, something wonderful. Say something about springtime." "It is sloppy and wet. It is a beast from the sea." "Ah," said Harry."	dreams like-life lorrie-moore love loved plays reality sloppy springtime wet writing	Lorrie Moore
c00f055	Guns, she was reminded then, were not for girls. They were for boys. They were invented by boys. They were invented by boys who had never gotten over their disappointment that accompanying their own orgasm there wasn't a big boom sound.	boys disappointment guns hunting like-life lorrie-moore orgasm	Lorrie Moore
ce20308	I'll go see her tonight,' I said. I felt I was a person of my word, and by saying something I could make it so. It was less like integrity perhaps and more like magic.	integrity lorrie-moore	Lorrie Moore
caddcd6	"Do you think people can be rehabilitated and forgiven?" "Sure! Look at Ollie North." "Well, he lost that Senate race. He was not sufficiently forgiven." "But he got some votes," Jan insisted.	humor lorrie-moore	Lorrie Moore (Author)

fca860d

She knew there were only small joys in life--the big ones were too complicated to be joys when you got all through--and once you realized that, it took a lot of the pressure off.

complicated joy joys life like-life living lorrie-moore pressure quote quotes realization short-story small-joys

Lorrie Moore

67f0995

Living did not mean one joy piled upon another. It was merely the hope for less pain, hope played like a playing card upon another hope, a wish for kindnesses and mercies to emerge like kings and queens in an unexpected change of the game. One could hold the cards oneself or not: they would land the same regardless.

lorrie-moore luck

Lorrie Moore

08cb618

He began to prefer talking on the phone to actually getting together with someone, preferred the bodilessness of it, and started to turn down social engagements. He didn't want to actually sit across from someone in a restaurant, look at their face, and eat food. He wanted to turn away, not deal with the face, have the waitress bring them two tin cans and some string so they could just converse, in a faceless dialogue.

conversations dialogue introvert like-life lorrie-moore restaurant tin-can waitress

Lorrie Moore

2d1ed3d

"Tell me something wonderful," he said to Dane. "Tell me that we are going to die dreamfully and loved in our sleep." "You're always writing one of your plays on the phone," said Dane. "I said, something wonderful. Say something about springtime." "It is sloppy and wet. It is a beast from the sea." "Ah," said Harry."

dreams like-life lorrie-moore love loved plays reality sloppy springtime wet writing

Lorrie Moore

c00f055

Guns, she was reminded then, were not for girls. They were for boys. They were invented by boys. They were invented by boys who had never gotten over their disappointment that accompanying their own orgasm there wasn't a big boom sound.

boys disappointment guns hunting like-life lorrie-moore orgasm

Lorrie Moore

ce20308

I'll go see her tonight,' I said. I felt I was a person of my word, and by saying something I could make it so. It was less like integrity perhaps and more like magic.

integrity lorrie-moore

Lorrie Moore

caddcd6

"Do you think people can be rehabilitated and forgiven?" "Sure! Look at Ollie North." "Well, he lost that Senate race. He was not sufficiently forgiven." "But he got some votes," Jan insisted.

humor lorrie-moore

Lorrie Moore (Author)