David Sedaris: Quotes about people

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David Sedaris: 216 quotes0 likes

“It's fun to see where people live.”

20.01.1979 - p.29
Theft by Finding: Diaries, Volume 1 (1977-2002) (2017)

“In first class, you count on your fellow passengers to make you feel good about yourself. You're supposed to look around with pride, telling yourself that these are your kind of people.”

21.07.2001 - p.445
Theft by Finding: Diaries, Volume 1 (1977-2002) (2017)

“On several occasions during my visit, she referred to herself as poor, and that depressed me. Most people would say they're broke. That word suggests a temporary setback. Poor, on the other hand, conveys a permanence.”

09.11.2000 - p.431
Theft by Finding: Diaries, Volume 1 (1977-2002) (2017)

“If you talk to people, you can have whatever you want.”

26.09.1978 - p.21
Theft by Finding: Diaries, Volume 1 (1977-2002) (2017)

“Sure, some people are nice. Real nice. Nice like carpets so you can walk all over them.”

16.04.1979 - p.31
Theft by Finding: Diaries, Volume 1 (1977-2002) (2017)

“It is ironic that nudists are just about the last people you'd ever want to see naked.”

David Sedaris Naked

Essay: "Naked". (p.339)
Naked (1997)

“I can't seem to fathom that the things important to me are not important to other people as well, and so I come off sounding like a missionary, someone whose job it is to convert rather than listen.”

David Sedaris book Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

Essay: "Put a lid on it" - p.203
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (2004)