Richard Yates: Doing

Richard Yates was Novelist, short story writer. Explore interesting quotes on doing.
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“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 book Revolutionary Road

Source: Revolutionary Road

“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 book Revolutionary Road

Source: Revolutionary Road

Love

“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 book The Easter Parade

Source: The Easter Parade

Life

“She just happened to feel like it. Wasn’t that after all, the only reason there was? Had she ever had a less selfish, more complicated reason for doing anything in her life?”

Richard Yates book Revolutionary Road

Source: Revolutionary Road

Life , Feeling , Selfishness