Quotes by Renata Adler, Speedboat

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People who are less happy, I find, are always consoling those who are more. — Renata Adler, Speedboat
Self-pity” is just sadness, I think, in the pejorative. — Renata Adler, Speedboat
Sometimes I think they are writers who do not write. That "writers write" is meant to be self-evident. People like to sa — Renata Adler, Speedboat
Do you realize how angry you sound?” must be one of the most infuriating questions in the language. — Renata Adler, Speedboat
Speech, tennis, music, skiing, manners, love- you try them waking and perhaps balk at the jump, and then you're over. Yo — Renata Adler, Speedboat
My dislike has no consequences. It accrues only in my mind—like preserves on a shelf or guns zeroing in, and never firin — Renata Adler, Speedboat
My capacity for having a good time exists. It surfaces, however, on odd occasions. — Renata Adler, Speedboat
The salesgirl, the landlord, the guests, the bystanders, sixteen varieties of social circumstance in a day. Everyone has — Renata Adler, Speedboat
The style of flirtation specific to classrooms was of service to the students all their lives. — Renata Adler, Speedboat