Curtis Sittenfeld - Time Quotes

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If you knew where your happiness came from, it gave you patience. You realized that a lot of the time, you were just waiting out a situation, and that took the pressure off; you no longer looked to every interaction to actually do something for you.

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At that time in my life, no conclusion was a bad conclusion. Something ended, and you stopped wishing and worrying. You could consider your mistakes, and you might be embarrassed by them, but the box was sealed, the door was shut, you were no longer immersed in the confusing middle.

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I have always found the times when another person recognizes you to be strangely sad; I suspect the pathos of these moments is their rareness, the way they contrast with most daily encounters. That reminder that it can be different, that you need not go through your life unknown but that you probably still will—that is the part that's almost unbearable.

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Anyone who's really interested in anything spends time alone.

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I feel like a lot of life is distasteful and embarrassing. And you just push through it. You fix what you can, and you let time pass.

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Of course a magazine is usually more interesting than a conversation, because so much more time and preparation has gone into it.

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