Michael Cunningham Quote Explained: That is what we do. That is what people do. They stay alive for each other.

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We always worry about the wrong things, don’t we?

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One always has a better book in one’s mind than one can manage to get onto paper.

- Michael Cunningham

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That summer when she was eighteen, it seemed anything could happen, anything at all.

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Summer

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Dead, we are revealed in our true dimensions, and they are surprisingly modest.

- Michael Cunningham

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I suspect any serious reader has a first great book, just the way anybody has a first kiss.

- Michael Cunningham

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Love is deep, a mystery – who wants to understand its every particular?

- Michael Cunningham

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As writers we must, from our very opening sentence, speak with authority to our readers.

- Michael Cunningham

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There is a beauty in the world, though it’s harsher than we expect it to be.

- Michael Cunningham

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· USA

That is what we do. That is what people do. They stay alive for each other.

That is what we do. That is what people do. They stay alive for each other.

We always worry about the wrong things, don’t we?

One always has a better book in one’s mind than one can manage to get onto paper.

That summer when she was eighteen, it seemed anything could happen, anything at all.

Dead, we are revealed in our true dimensions, and they are surprisingly modest.

I suspect any serious reader has a first great book, just the way anybody has a first kiss.

Love is deep, a mystery – who wants to understand its every particular?

As writers we must, from our very opening sentence, speak with authority to our readers.

There is a beauty in the world, though it’s harsher than we expect it to be.

A philosopher is a fool who torments himself while he is alive, to be talked of after he is dead.

Happiness ceases to be a normal condition of being alive, and becomes a goal.

I was never more alive than when the Dark Passenger was driving.

There’s no man, alive or dead, who’s going to fault you for living.

It’s important to be alive in those moment, especially when you’re doing something you love to do.

I understand that it is not when or how you die but how and if you truly were ever alive.

I’m the kind of guy who can’t keep a plant alive for a week, let alone a relationship.

Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive.

That is what we do. That is what people do. They stay alive for each other.

That is what we do. That is what people do. They stay alive for each other.

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