Author: Elizabeth Strout

Quotes

I do reread, kind of obsessively, partly for the surprise of how the same book reads at a different point in life, and partly to have the sense of returning to an old friend.

I do reread, kind of obsessively, partly for the surprise of how the same book reads at a different point in life, and partly to have the sense of returning to an old friend.

- Elizabeth Strout

I love the comfort of daily life's routines: things like being able to read a paper on the subway. It's no accident that my favourite word is 'quotidian.'

I love the comfort of daily life's routines: things like being able to read a paper on the subway. It's no accident that my favourite word is 'quotidian.'

- Elizabeth Strout

My first job was when I was about 12, cleaning houses in the afternoons for different elderly women in town. I hated it.

My first job was when I was about 12, cleaning houses in the afternoons for different elderly women in town. I hated it.

- Elizabeth Strout

Oh, I wish I organized my books. But I don't. I'm not an organized person. The best I can do is put the books I really like in one sort of general area, and poetry in another.

Oh, I wish I organized my books. But I don't. I'm not an organized person. The best I can do is put the books I really like in one sort of general area, and poetry in another.

- Elizabeth Strout

I love theater. I love sitting in an audience and having the actors right there, playing out what it means to be a human being.

I love theater. I love sitting in an audience and having the actors right there, playing out what it means to be a human being.

- Elizabeth Strout

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