“Nothing happens in a moment. Nothing happens quickly. If you think something’s happened quickly, you’re looking at only a part of it. Firing a rifle shot seems to happen quickly, but what about the movement of the trigger finger? What about the decision to fire the rifle? What about all your careful…”— Sarah Manguso, amazon.comTagged: Time, Patience
“Narratives in which one thing follows from the previous thing are usually imaginary.”— Sarah Manguso, amazon.comTagged: Narrative Fallacy
“Those who claim to write about something larger and more significant than the self sometimes fail to comprehend the dimensions of the self.”— Sarah Manguso, amazon.comTagged: Identity, Self Boundaries