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I often miss Scirland during my travels; there is a great deal to be said for the place where one need not think, all the time, about the right thing to do or say, but simply behave according to well-worn habit, and that feeling has never ...more
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“What a terrible mistake to let go of something wonderful for something real.”
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Lorrie Moore
“The thing to remember about love affairs," says Simone, "is that they are all like having raccoons in your chimney."
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We have raccoons sometimes in our chimney," explains Simone.
And once we tried to smoke them out. We lit a fire, knowing they were there, but we hoped the smoke would cause them to scurry out the top and never come back. Instead, they caught on fire and came crashing down into our living room, all charred and in flames and running madly around until they dropped dead." Simone swallows some wine. "Love affairs are like that," she says. "They are all like that.”
Lorrie Moore

Lorrie Moore
“Love drains you, takes with it much of your blood sugar and water weight. You are like a house slowly losing its electricity, the fans slowing, the lights dimming and flickering; the clocks stop and go and stop.”
Lorrie Moore, Self-Help

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Lorrie Moore
“It is like having a book out from the library.
It is like constantly having a book out from the library.”
Lorrie Moore, Self-Help

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