David Sedaris Quotes

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  Real love amounts to withholding the truth, even when you're offered the perfect opportunity to hurt someone's feelings.

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  Funny Love, Hurt, Real

  «At The Movies With David & Sarah» by David Sedaris, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• Art isn't about following the rules. It's about breaking them.

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  Art, Art Is, Following

  David Sedaris (2010). “When You Are Engulfed In Flames”, p.87, Hachette UK

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  I haven't got the slightest idea how to change people, but still I keep a long list of prospective candidates just in case I should ever figure it out.

  David Sedaris

  Life, Ideas, Long

  David Sedaris (2010). “Naked”, p.156, Hachette UK

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• When someone tell me they illegally downloaded one of my audiobooks I think, Thanks a lot, Pal. When someone tells me they checked my book out of the library, I'm delighted. I've always been a big library user, and feel a kinship with others who do the same thing.

  David Sedaris

  Book, Thinking, Library

  "Ask the Author Live: David Sedaris". Live chat, www.newyorker.com. August 14, 2009.

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• When asked "What do we need to learn this for?" any high-school teacher can confidently answer that, regardless of the subject, the knowledge will come in handy once the student hits middle age and starts working crossword puzzles in order to stave off the terrible loneliness.

  David Sedaris

  Teacher, Loneliness, School

  David Sedaris (2000). “Me talk pretty one day”

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• We were not a hugging people. In terms of emotional comfort it was our belief that no amount of physical contact could match the healing powers of a well made cocktail.

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  Drinking, Healing, Emotional

  David Sedaris (2010). “Naked”, p.175, Hachette UK

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• As a child I assumed that when I reached adulthood, I would have grown-up thoughts.

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  Funny, Children, Growing Up

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• Sometimes the sins you haven't committed are all you have left to hold onto.

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  Hipster, Sometimes, Sin

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• Comfort has its place, but it seems rude to visit another country dressed as if you’ve come to mow its lawns.

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  Country, Travel, Rude

  David Sedaris (2000). “Me talk pretty one day”

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• Remember that the most important thing is to try and love other people as much as they love you.

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  Love You, People, Important

  David Sedaris (2009). “Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays”, p.162, Hachette UK

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• States vote to take away my marriage rights, and even though I don't want to get married, it tends to hurt my feelings. I guess what bugs me is that it was put to a vote in the first place. If you don't want to marry a homosexual, then don't. But what gives you the right to weigh in on your neighbor's options? It's like voting whether or not redheads should be allowed to celebrate Christmas.

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  Hurt, Rights, Giving

  David Sedaris (2013). “Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls”, p.75, Hachette UK

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• I'd always thought that I understood this, but lately I realize that what I call "understanding" is basically just fantasizing.

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  Understanding, Realizing, Understood

  "Memento Mori" by David Sedaris, www.newyorker.com. May 8, 2006.

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• I always think it's a good policy to like the people who like you.

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  Thinking, People, Like You

  "A life in writing: David Sedaris" by Hadley Freeman, www.theguardian.com. October 11, 2010.

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• Their house had real hardcover books in it, and you often saw them lying open on the sofa, the words still warm from being read.

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  Lying, Real, Book

  "Loggerheads" by David Sedaris, www.newyorker.com. December 7, 2009.

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• Write relentlessly, until you find your voice. Then, use it.

  David Sedaris

  Writing, Voice, Use

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• All of us take pride and pleasure in the fact that we are unique, but I'm afraid that when all is said and done the police are right: it all comes down to fingerprints.

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  Pride, Unique, Police

  David Sedaris (2009). “Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays”, p.158, Hachette UK

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• I can't seem to fathom that the things important to me are not important to other people as well, and so I come off sounding like a missionary, someone whose job it is to convert rather than listen.

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  Jobs, People, Important

  "Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim". Book by David Sedaris, 2004.

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• Weird doors open. People fall into things.

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  Fall, Doors, People

  David Sedaris (2010). “When You Are Engulfed In Flames”, p.50, Hachette UK

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• Like all of my friends, she's a lousy judge of character.

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  Character, Judging, Judge Of Character

  David Sedaris (2000). “Me talk pretty one day”

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• If you stepped out of the shower and saw a leprechaun standing at the base of your toilet, would you scream, or would you innately understand that he meant you no harm?

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  Toilets, Saws, Scream

  "Author, Author?" by David Sedaris, www.newyorker.com. March 30, 2009.

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• If you read someone else's diary, you get what you deserve.

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  Inspirational, Diaries, What You Deserve

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• Oh, for Christ's sake,' I hear. 'Can we please just try to have a good time?' This is like ordering someone to find you attractive, and it doesn't work. I've tried it.

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  Trying, Sake, Good Times

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• You can't brace yourself for famine if you've never known hunger.

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  Hunger, Braces, Famine

  David Sedaris (2009). “Naked”, p.191, Hachette UK

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• Living in a foreign country is one of those things that everyone should try at least once. My understanding was that it completed a person, sanding down the rough provincial edges and transforming you into a citizen of the world. What I find appealing in life abroad was the inevitable sense of helplessness it would inspire. Equally exciting would be the work involved in overcoming that helplessness. There would be a goal involved, and I like having goals.

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  Country, Goal, Understanding

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• As bad a dresser as I am, anything beats being judged by my character.

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  Character, Beats, Dressers

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