Ann Patchett Quote

His understanding that he would eventually lose every sweetness that had come to him only made him hold those very things closer to his chest.

Ann Patchett

His understanding that he would eventually lose every sweetness that had come to him only made him hold those very things closer to his chest.

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About Ann Patchett

Ann Patchett (born December 2, 1963) is an American author. She received the 2002 PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize for Fiction in the same year, for her novel Bel Canto. Patchett's other novels include The Patron Saint of Liars (1992), Taft (1994), The Magician's Assistant (1997), Run (2007), State of Wonder (2011), Commonwealth (2016), The Dutch House (2019), and Tom Lake (2023). The Dutch House was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.