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Richard Yates quotes: I'm only interested in stories that are about the crushing of the human heart.

I'm only interested in stories that are about the crushing of the human heart.

Richard Yates quotes: If you haven't written a novel by the time you're forty you never will!

If you haven't written a novel by the time you're forty you never will!

Richard Yates quotes: They say that we are better educated than our parents' generation. What they mean is that we go to school longer. It is not the same thing.

They say that we are better educated than our parents' generation. What they mean is that we go to school longer. It is not the same thing.

Richard Yates quotes: Why couldn't she stop talking? Did all lonely people have that problem?

Why couldn't she stop talking? Did all lonely people have that problem?

Richard Yates quotes: There's never been anything funny about a woman dying for love.

There's never been anything funny about a woman dying for love.

Richard Yates quotes: They think the way to be a poet is to wear funny clothes and write sideways on the page.

They think the way to be a poet is to wear funny clothes and write sideways on the page.

Richard Yates quotes: Oh-h-h-h - Hidey, tidey, Christ Almighty Who the hell are we? Flim, flam, God damn We're the infantry ...

Oh-h-h-h - Hidey, tidey, Christ Almighty Who the hell are we? Flim, flam, God damn We're the infantry ...

Richard Yates quotes: If you lived like a proletarian long enough, among proletarians, weren't you almost certain to become a proletarian too?

If you lived like a proletarian long enough, among proletarians, weren't you almost certain to become a proletarian too?

Richard Yates quotes: Remember what Anatole France said about the dog masturbating on your leg'Sure, it's honest, but who needs it?

Remember what Anatole France said about the dog masturbating on your leg
'Sure, it's honest, but who needs it?

Richard Yates quotes: Hard work, is the best medicine yet devised for all the ills of man- and of woman.

Hard work, is the best medicine yet devised for all the ills of man- and of woman.

Richard Yates quotes: In avoiding specific goals he had avoided specific limitations. For the time being the world, life itself, could be his chosen field.

In avoiding specific goals he had avoided specific limitations. For the time being the world, life itself, could be his chosen field.

Richard Yates quotes: God knows there certainly ought to be a window around here somewhere, for all of us.

God knows there certainly ought to be a window around here somewhere, for all of us.

Richard Yates quotes: Are artists and writers the only people entitled to lives of their own?

Are artists and writers the only people entitled to lives of their own?

Richard Yates quotes: The hell with "love" anyway, and with every other phony, time-wasting, half-assed emotion in the world.

The hell with "love" anyway, and with every other phony, time-wasting, half-assed emotion in the world.

Richard Yates quotes: Dying for love might be pitiable, but it wasn't much different, finally, from any other kind of dying.

Dying for love might be pitiable, but it wasn't much different, finally, from any other kind of dying.

Richard Yates quotes: He was big and sturdy, with a heavy jaw and a voice that made her want to curl up and ride in his pocket like a kitten.

He was big and sturdy, with a heavy jaw and a voice that made her want to curl up and ride in his pocket like a kitten.

Richard Yates quotes: He had won but he didn't feel like a winner.

He had won but he didn't feel like a winner.

Richard Yates quotes: Whoever said you can't love ridiculous things? God knows i love you, and you're the most ridiculous woman I ever met!

Whoever said you can't love ridiculous things? God knows i love you, and you're the most ridiculous woman I ever met!

Richard Yates quotes: Neither of the Grimes sisters would have a happy life, and looking back it always seemed that the trouble began with their parents' divorce.

Neither of the Grimes sisters would have a happy life, and looking back it always seemed that the trouble began with their parents' divorce.

Richard Yates quotes: If you wanted to do something absolutely honest, something true, it always turned out to be a thing that had to be done alone.

If you wanted to do something absolutely honest, something true, it always turned out to be a thing that had to be done alone.

Richard Yates quotes: With their mother lying in a coma twenty miles away, they clung together drunkenly and wept for the loss of their father.

With their mother lying in a coma twenty miles away, they clung together drunkenly and wept for the loss of their father.

Richard Yates quotes: His job was the very least important part of his life, never to be mentioned except in irony.

His job was the very least important part of his life, never to be mentioned except in irony.

Richard Yates quotes: People did change, and a change could be a bloom as well as a withering ...

People did change, and a change could be a bloom as well as a withering ...

Richard Yates quotes: Time and again they read the promise of failure in each other's eyes

Time and again they read the promise of failure in each other's eyes

Richard Yates quotes: Know what we did, Lucy? You and me? We spent our whole lives yearning. Isn't that the God damndest thing?

Know what we did, Lucy? You and me? We spent our whole lives yearning. Isn't that the God damndest thing?

Richard Yates quotes: Not the prettiest girl in the world, maybe, but cute and quick and fun to have around.

Not the prettiest girl in the world, maybe, but cute and quick and fun to have around.

Richard Yates quotes: It reminded her too, time and again, of her own susceptibility to panic and her unfathomable dread of being alone.

It reminded her too, time and again, of her own susceptibility to panic and her unfathomable dread of being alone.

Richard Yates quotes: And they fell asleep like children.

And they fell asleep like children.

Richard Yates quotes: I see,' she said. And when would she ever learn to stop saying 'I see' about things she didn't see at all?

I see,' she said. And when would she ever learn to stop saying 'I see' about things she didn't see at all?

Richard Yates quotes: They knew what forgiveness was; they were willing to take him for better or worse; they loved him.

They knew what forgiveness was; they were willing to take him for better or worse; they loved him.

Richard Yates quotes: If you don't try at anything, you can't fail ... it takes back bone to lead the life you want

If you don't try at anything, you can't fail ... it takes back bone to lead the life you want

Richard Yates quotes: Anybody's marriage might benefit from an occasional embargo on talk.

Anybody's marriage might benefit from an occasional embargo on talk.

Richard Yates quotes: He couldn't even tell whether he was angry or contrite, whether it was forgiveness he wanted or the power to forgive.

He couldn't even tell whether he was angry or contrite, whether it was forgiveness he wanted or the power to forgive.

Richard Yates quotes: Every man has a right to keep his own sentiments if he pleases.

Every man has a right to keep his own sentiments if he pleases.

Richard Yates quotes: No one forgets the truth; they just get better at lying.

No one forgets the truth; they just get better at lying.

Richard Yates quotes: Do you know what the definition of insane is? Yes. It's the inability to relate to another human being. It's the inability to love.

Do you know what the definition of insane is? Yes. It's the inability to relate to another human being. It's the inability to love.

Richard Yates quotes: You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.

You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.

Richard Yates quotes: Nobody thinks or feels or cares any more; nobody gets excited or believes in anything expect their own comfortable God damn mediocrity.

Nobody thinks or feels or cares any more; nobody gets excited or believes in anything expect their own comfortable God damn mediocrity.

Richard Yates quotes: How could you ever learn to trust the things you made up?

How could you ever learn to trust the things you made up?

Richard Yates quotes: And do you know a funny thing? I'm almost fifty years old and I've never understood anything in my whole life.

And do you know a funny thing? I'm almost fifty years old and I've never understood anything in my whole life.

Richard Yates quotes: Being alone has nothing to do with how many people are around.

Being alone has nothing to do with how many people are around.

Richard Yates quotes: Some things you did were worth regretting; others not.

Some things you did were worth regretting; others not.

Richard Yates quotes: Never say anything that doesn't improve on silence.

Never say anything that doesn't improve on silence.

Richard Yates quotes: Hopeless emptiness. Now you've said it. Plenty of people are onto the emptiness, but it takes real guts to see the hopelessness.

Hopeless emptiness. Now you've said it. Plenty of people are onto the emptiness, but it takes real guts to see the hopelessness.

Richard Yates quotes: Oh, you'll what? You'll leave me? What's that supposed to be - a threat or a promise?

Oh, you'll what? You'll leave me? What's that supposed to be - a threat or a promise?

Richard Yates quotes: Everything is selling. Nothing happens in this world, nothing comes into this world, until somebody makes a sale.

Everything is selling. Nothing happens in this world, nothing comes into this world, until somebody makes a sale.

Richard Yates quotes: Wish I didn't have to go to work tomorrow", he said."Don't, then. Stay home.""No. I guess I've got to go.

Wish I didn't have to go to work tomorrow", he said.
"Don't, then. Stay home."
"No. I guess I've got to go.

Richard Yates quotes: If my work has a theme, I suspect it is a simple one: that most human beings are inescapably alone, and therein lies their tragedy.

If my work has a theme, I suspect it is a simple one: that most human beings are inescapably alone, and therein lies their tragedy.