Melissa Bank quotes

I felt I couldn't lose anything else, but just then I realized I already had: I'd lost the hope that I would ever be loved in just that way again. (Melissa Bank)
You don't need a reason to forgive... If you want to go on with someone, that is what you do. View quote
Melissa Bank
We are all children until our fathers die. View quote
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The only relationships I haven't wrecked right away were the ones that wrecked me later. View quote
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Sometimes you're loved because of your weaknesses. What you can't do is sometimes more compelling than what you can. View quote
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You can feel that he wants to own you - not like an object but like a good dream he wants to keep having. He lets you know that you already own him. View quote
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He tried to smile, but it was just a shape his mouth made. View quote
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Before college, I hadn't voluntarily read anything that might be called literature; I didn't think I'd understand it; I never seemed to understand my English teacher's interpretations of what we read. View quote
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'Olive Kitteridge' is a masterpiece: The writing is so perfect you don't even notice it; the story is so vivid it's less like reading a story than experiencing it firsthand. View quote
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It might sound ordinary for a woman to find out her husband's cheating on her, but not if you're the woman and it's your husband. View quote
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Basically, all anyone has to do is ask me for fun details or tell me to be creative, and my mind turns to mud. I am instantly the most boring person you've ever met. (Melissa Bank)
You sense that he's dangerous but don't now why - and wonder if it's because he makes you feel safer than you've ever felt. View quote
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Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose. View quote
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I feel in some ways I've had a difficult life. And it makes me the kind of writer I am, in what I value, what I respect, what I hold dear. View quote
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I live by Edith Wharton's rule to get rid of anything neither useful nor beautiful. So I put the TV out on the street. View quote
Melissa Bank
Whenever people say they didn't like the main character of a book, they mean they didn't like the book. The main character has to be a friend? I don't get that. View quote
Melissa Bank

Melissa Bank

Occupation: American Author
Born: October 11, 1960
Died: August 2, 2022
Quotes count: 16

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