Ann Patchett Quote

I find no importance in showing others that I am happy; it's not important to me that they know or think that I am happy but what is important to me is that I am happy. I am interested in being happy,...

The most attractive thing about you should have less to do with your face or body and more to do with your attitude and how you treat people.

He was no god, just an artist; and when an artist is a man, he needs a woman to create like a god.

Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.

To create well I have to be in a good mood, happy and cool.

My father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat her, but his pure, inarticulate fury would fill the house for days...

Focus your attention on the quality of your words, and not the quantity, because few sensible talks attracts millions of listeners more than a thousand gibberish.

His room was a sickly dual-tone of crimson and charcoal, like an Untitled Rothko, the colours bleeding into each other horribly and then rather serenely. The overall effect was overwhelmingly unapolog...

Books are keys that open many doors.

when parameters are not set for man, there is always an unknown abuse