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Michael Nava on Anniversary

born 1954 United States

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4 quotes

I had loved so infrequently I felt a debt to those whom I had, for the reprieve from solitude.

How Town (1990)

[Irene Gentry] "We all love according to our natures."

Goldenboy (1988)

[Her elderly mother, to Alicia] "Except in the novels of the Brontës, marriage is a barter. You make the best bargain you can before I die."

The City of Palaces (2014)

[Elena, about daughter] "Now I understand that it isn't up to her to be who I might want her to be. It's up to me to love her for who she is."

Rag and Bone (2001)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Michael Nava (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.