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“ I was Baptist and had always prayed, in a damp squint, for things not to happen. Sils was a Catholic, and so she prayed for things to happen, for things to come true. She prayed for love here and now. I prayed for no guns. ”

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This is what happened in love. One of you cried a lot and then both of you grew sarcastic.

~ Lorrie Moore

They had, finally, the only thing anyone really wants in life: someone to hold your hand when you die.

~ Lorrie Moore

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.

~ Lorrie Moore

A short story is a love affair, a novel is a marriage. A short story is a photograph; a novel is a film.

~ Lorrie Moore