Leah Lambart

“The secret of boring people,” Chekhov said, “lies in telling them everything.”
― George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain

“...I realized that the words most often used to define us were words that described our function in relation to others. Even the most benign words- maiden, wife, mother - told the world whether we were virgins or not. What was the male equivalent of maiden? I could not think of it. What was the male equivalent of Mrs., of whore, of common scold?... Which words would define me? Which would be used to judge or contain?”
― Pip Williams, The Dictionary of Lost Words

“The writer is one who, embarking upon a task, does not know what to do.”
― George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain

“great novels are always a little more intelligent than their authors.”
― George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain