I have a feeling that books are a lot like people - they change as you age, so that some books that you hated in high school will strike you with the force of a revelation when you're older. Lauren Groff agebookchange Change image and share on social
Marriage seems to be predicated on protecting a very deep and intimate form of mystery. Lauren Groff deepformintimate Change image and share on social
The greatest texts, I think, first dazzle, then with careful rereading, they instruct. I have learned from Virginia Woolf more than I even know how to articulate. Lauren Groff articulatecarefuldazzle Change image and share on social
As a person, I do ascribe to a lot of magical thinking myself. Lauren Groff ascribelotmagical Change image and share on social
I seem to long for community and mistrust it in equal measure, and so I spend most of my days carefully constructing various communities in stories and seeing if they fly. Lauren Groff carefullycommunityconstruct Change image and share on social
We're all functions of our societies, right? And we all become who we are because of the invisible forces that mold us. Lauren Groff forcefunctioninvisible Change image and share on social
Among so many things, 'Time Passes' has shown me subversive ways of portraying time, of looking away from the human to the far more terrifying, far more immense texture of time beneath the minute span of a human life. Lauren Groff beneathhumanimmense share on social
Sometimes immense things, like war and death and aging, are best seen from the corner of the eye and written of only obliquely, with tremendous lightness. Lauren Groff agingcornerdeath Change image and share on social
Total intimacy is a myth; that said, a particular kind of loneliness can be both beautiful and fruitful. Lauren Groff beautifulfruitfulintimacy Change image and share on social
Sometimes I read a biography of some tempestuous artist and find myself longing for fireworks! booze! bloody fights!; I do think that life must be so much more thrilling when you're actively miserable. Lauren Groff activelyartistbiography share on social
