Quotes by : Amy Hempel

consolation is a beautiful word. everyone skins his knee-that doesnt make yours hurt anyless.

I had my own bed. I slept in it alone, except for those times when we needed—not sex—but sex was....

I think of the chimp, the one with the talking hands. In the course of the experiment, that chimp had....

The worst of it is over now, and I can't say that I am glad. Lose that sense of loss—you have gone....

There’s so much I can’t read because I get so exasperated. Someone starts describing the character....

A five-hour flight works out to three days and nights on land, by rail, from sea to shining sea. You....