Anthony Doerr
Anthony Doerr
Anthony Doerris an American author of novels and short stories. He gained widespread recognition for his 2014 novel All the Light We Cannot See, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction...
Anthony Doerr quotes about
narrative-structure miracle chocolate
The easier an experience, or the more entrenched, or the more familiar, the fainter our sensation of it becomes. This is true of chocolate and marriages and hometowns and narrative structures. Complexities wane, miracles become unremarkable, and if we're not careful, pretty soon we're gazing out at our lives as if through a burlap sack.
night storm care
Anyone who has spent a few nights in a tent during a storm can tell you: The world doesn't care all that much if you live or die.
sister-in-law skills long
My sister-in-law is a painter, and I'll say, how long did it take you to paint that painting. She'll say, It took me maybe three days, but it took me all my life to get the skills to paint that painting.
unhappy-person people different
To say a person is a happy person or an unhappy person is ridiculous. We are a thousand different kinds of people every hour.
growing-up grows
You don't say, I'm going to be a writer when I grow up - at least I didn't.