Quotes by : Lydia Davis

I copied the address into my address book, erasing an earlier one that had not been good for very long.....

This dull, difficult novel I have brought with me on my trip—I keep trying to read it. I have gone....

Art is not in some far-off place.

One gains courage from the one in front of her and moves forward a few steps, passing her by just a little.....

She knows she is in Chicago. But she does not yet realize that she is in Illinois.

If they finally move, is it because they are warm enough, or is it that they are stiff, or bored?

As long as everything stayed the same, it seemed possible for him to come back. As long as everything....

I looked at whale jawbones in the museum this morning. Then I did some shopping. Whenever I go into the....

That fall, after the summer when they both died, she and my father, there was a point when I wanted to....

If you think of something, do it.Plenty of people often think, “I’d like to do this, or that.