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I don't especially like to travel, not the way many people do. I know many people that love to go to far-off and different places, and I've never been like that. I seem to get homesick as quickly as a child.

I don't especially like to travel, not the way many people do. I know many people that love to go to far-off and different places, and I've never been like that. I seem to get homesick as quickly as a child.

Elizabeth Strout
Children, People, Different

I don't want to live in Maine full time, but the physical beauty is very striking. It is the exact opposite of New York. When you walk through my small town to get a cup of coffee, you bump into five people you know.

Elizabeth Strout
New York, Coffee, Opposites
"Elizabeth Strout on 'The Burgess Boys'". Interview with Dylan Foley, www.chicagotribune.com. March 23, 2013.

Or maybe, he thought, returning to the boxes, it was part of being Catholic--you were made to feel guilty about everything

Elizabeth Strout
Catholic, Guilty, Made
Elizabeth Strout (2008). “Olive Kitteridge: Fiction”, p.10, Random House

Oh that's lovely," said Bunny. "Olive, you've got a date." "Why would you say something so foolish?" Olive asked, really annoyed. "We're two lonely people having supper." "Exactly," said Bunny. "That's a date.

Elizabeth Strout
Lonely, Two, People
Elizabeth Strout (2008). “Olive Kitteridge: Fiction”, p.259, Random House

He put the blinker on, pulled out onto the avenue. "Well, that was nice," she said, sitting back. They had fun together these days, they really did. It was as if marriage had been a long, complicatd meal, and now there was this lovely dessert.

Elizabeth Strout
Love, Fun, Nice
Elizabeth Strout (2008). “Olive Kitteridge: Fiction”, p.126, Random House

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