Quotes by : Lydia Davis

There seemed to be three choices: to give up trying to love anyone, to stop being selfish, or to learn....

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

The fact that he does not tell me the truth all the time makes me not sure of his truth at certain times,....

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

At a certain point in her life, she realises it is not so much that she wants to have a child as that....

Once she was gone, every memory was suddenly precious, even the bad ones, even the times I was irritated....

I had had a feeling of freedom because of the sudden change in my life. By comparison to what had come....

I can talk for a long time only when it's about something boring.

First they burned her - that was last month. Actually just two weeks ago. Now they're starvng him. When....

She is bending over her child. She can’t leave her. Thechild is laid out in state on a table. She wants....