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“ 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. ”

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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