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It has always been on the written page that the world has come into focus for me. If I can piece all these bits of memory together with the diaries and letters and the scribbled thoughts that clutter my mind and

It has always been on the written page that the world has come into focus for me. If I can piece all these bits of memory together with the diaries and letters and the scribbled thoughts that clutter my mind and bookshelves, then maybe I can explain what happened. Maybe the worlds I have inhabited for the past seven years will assume order and logic and wholeness on paper. Maybe I can tell my story in a way that is useful to someone else.

Nancy Horan
Memories, Past, Order
Nancy Horan (2007). “Loving Frank: A Novel”, p.7, Ballantine Books

I'm like the trunk of a cactus... I take in a dose of culture and time with friends, then I retreat and go live on it for awhile until I get thirsty again.

Nancy Horan
Culture, Cactus, Retreat
Nancy Horan (2007). “Loving Frank: A Novel”, p.16, Ballantine Books

I have been standing on the side of life, watching it float by. I want to swim in the river. I want to feel the current. -Loving Frank

Nancy Horan
Rivers, Swim, Want

What did a person need to survive? Food. Water. Shelter. Warmth in cold weather. And something else... books.

Nancy Horan
Book, Weather, Water
Nancy Horan (2012). “Loving Frank (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.320, Ballantine Books

It has always been on the written page that the world has come into focus for me.

Nancy Horan
Focus, World, Pages
Nancy Horan (2007). “Loving Frank: A Novel”, p.7, Ballantine Books

I love you so much. I love you enough that I want to stay separate from you. You're an extraordinary man, Frank Wright. I could so easily lose myself in your world and never make a world of my own. And where would that leave us? We'd both be bored stupid.

Nancy Horan
Love, Stupid, Men
Nancy Horan (2007). “Loving Frank: A Novel”, p.145, Ballantine Books

It's wonderful to feel desired. There's a sense of power in it, really.

Nancy Horan
Wonderful, Feels
Nancy Horan (2012). “Loving Frank (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.88, Ballantine Books

I always use primary sources, in addition to reading biographies and other materials.

Nancy Horan
Reading, Use, Biographies

It's not good to live so much inside oneself. It's a self-imposed exile, really. It makes you different.

Nancy Horan
Self, Different, Exile
Nancy Horan (2007). “Loving Frank: A Novel”, p.16, Ballantine Books

How small we humans are. All our scrambling around, trying to buttress ourselves against death. All our efforts to insulate ourselves against uncertainty with codes of behavior and meaningless busyness.

Nancy Horan
Effort, Trying, Behavior
Nancy Horan (2012). “Loving Frank (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.174, Ballantine Books

In the end, what really matters? Only kindness. Only making somebody a little happier for your presence.

Nancy Horan
Life, Kindness, Littles

Don't you see what's happened? You wanted to be in love again. To feel that feeling where a man you hardly know gazes into your eyes and seems to be the only human being who ever understood the real you.

Nancy Horan
I Love You, Real, Eye
Nancy Horan (2007). “Loving Frank: A Novel”, p.67, Ballantine Books

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