Amy Hempel Quotes

Amy Hempel is an American short story writer and journalist. She teaches creative writing at Bennington College and University of Florida.

✵ 14. December 1951
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Famous Amy Hempel Quotes

“Just once in my life--oh, when have I ever wanted anything just once in my life?”

Source: The Dog of the Marriage: Stories

“He wondered how we know that what happens to us isn't good.”

Source: Reasons to Live

“I thought, my love is so good, why isn't it calling the same thing back.”

Source: The Collected Stories

“We can only die in the future, I thought; right now we are always alive.”

Source: The Collected Stories

Amy Hempel Quotes about thinking

Amy Hempel Quotes

“Dreams: the place most of us get what we need.”

Source: The Collected Stories

“I get rational when I panic.”

Source: The Collected Stories

“I exaggerated even before I began to exaggerate, because it's true — nothing is ever quite as bad as it could be.”

Source: At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom: Stories

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