Author: Lydia Millet

Quotes

My motto is, if you love something, don't set it free. No matter how hard it struggles. That would be stupid.

My motto is, if you love something, don't set it free. No matter how hard it struggles. That would be stupid.

- Lydia Millet

Children depend mightily on animals for comfort, inspiration, imagination, and art. And parents have long recognized this.

Children depend mightily on animals for comfort, inspiration, imagination, and art. And parents have long recognized this.

- Lydia Millet

Work-wise, I try not to repeat myself too often. And I have to love whatever I'm doing.

Work-wise, I try not to repeat myself too often. And I have to love whatever I'm doing.

- Lydia Millet

If I can't find a way to love it, I let it go. Kind of the opposite of the popular homily.

If I can't find a way to love it, I let it go. Kind of the opposite of the popular homily.

- Lydia Millet

What makes 'The Lorax' such a powerful fable is partly its shamelessness. It pulls no punches; it wears its teacher heart on its sleeve.

What makes 'The Lorax' such a powerful fable is partly its shamelessness. It pulls no punches; it wears its teacher heart on its sleeve.

- Lydia Millet

In Hiroshima, bombed Aug. 6, 1945, no warning was given of the air attack, and thus no escape was possible for the mostly women, children and old people who fell victim.

In Hiroshima, bombed Aug. 6, 1945, no warning was given of the air attack, and thus no escape was possible for the mostly women, children and old people who fell victim.

- Lydia Millet

Fiction should be an ethically safe space, free of fancy ideas. It should be dedicated modestly to relationships or escapism or the needs of luscious voyeurs.

Fiction should be an ethically safe space, free of fancy ideas. It should be dedicated modestly to relationships or escapism or the needs of luscious voyeurs.

- Lydia Millet

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