Quotes by Lorrie Moore, Bark: Stories

Explore a curated collection of 11 quotes by Lorrie Moore, Bark: Stories. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

Living did not mean one joy piled upon another. It was merely the hope for less pain, hope played like a playing card up — Lorrie Moore, Bark: Stories
Living did not mean one joy piled upon another. It was merely the hope for less pain... — Lorrie Moore, Bark: Stories
Aloneness was like riding a bike. At gunpoint. With the gun in your own hand. Aloneness was the air in your tires, the w — Lorrie Moore, Bark: Stories
If you had forgotten, it would quickly come back to you. Aloneness was like riding a bike. At gunpoint. With the gun in — Lorrie Moore, Bark: Stories
Observing others go through them, he used to admire midlife crises, the courage and shamelessness and existential daring — Lorrie Moore, Bark: Stories
Bummer,' said Ira, his new word for "I must remain as neutral as possible" and "Your mother's a whore. — Lorrie Moore, Bark: Stories
Living did not mean one joy piled upon another. It was merely the hope for less pain, hope played like a playing card up — Lorrie Moore, Bark: Stories
She hated money! though she knew it was like blood and you needed it. Still, it was also like blood in that she often co — Lorrie Moore, Bark: Stories
So much urgent and lifelike love went rumbling around underground and died there, never got expressed at all, so let som — Lorrie Moore, Bark: Stories
Every family is a family of alligators. — Lorrie Moore, Bark: Stories
Surely that was why faith had been invented: to raise teenagers without dying. Although of course it was also why death — Lorrie Moore, Bark: Stories