It is not how much you love someone, but who you are when you are with him.
("The Accidental Tourist")
More Quotes from Anne Tyler:
I didn't really choose to be a writer I more or less fell into it.Anne Tyler
But what I hope for from a book - either one that I write or one that I read - is transparency. I want the story to shine through. I don't want to think of the writer.
Anne Tyler
There is no sound more peaceful than rain on the roof, if you're safe asleep in someone else's house.
Anne Tyler
Ever consider what pets must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul - chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth!
Anne Tyler
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.
Anne Tyler
I remember leaving the hospital - thinking, 'Wait, are they going to let me just walk off with him? I don't know beans about babies! I don't have a license to do this.' We're just amateurs.
Anne Tyler
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