Run By Ann Patchett Quotes & Sayings

When did the mammals get confusing? Who can't look at a baby and a puppy and see the differences? You can't leave babies at home alone with a chew toy when you go to the movies. Babies will not shimmy under the covers to sleep on your feet when you're cold. Babies, for all their many unarguable charms, will not run with you in the park, or wait by the door for your return, and, as far as I can tell, they know absolutely nothing of unconditional love. — Ann Patchett

The terrible crumple and blanch of a lie come undone ... — Ann Patchett

Catholicism is an obsessive-compulsive faith. — Ann Patchett

The sleep he went back to was never the one he left. — Ann Patchett