Ann Patchett Quote

There are rivers, hundreds of them, running underground all the time, and because of this a man can say he is walking on water.

Ann Patchett

There are rivers, hundreds of them, running underground all the time, and because of this a man can say he is walking on water.

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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.