5 Quotes & Sayings By Patricia Duncker

Patricia Duncker is the author of nine books, including eleven for adults. Her short stories have appeared in literary journals and anthologies including The Best American Short Stories, The Pushcart Prize, and The Pushcart Prize Anthology. Her novel, A Life Worth Living, was named one of the best novels of 2009 by the Kansas City Star. She holds a PhD in English Literature from the University of California at Berkeley and has taught at universities across the country.

The love between a writer and a reader is never...
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The love between a writer and a reader is never celebrated. Patricia Duncker
Freedom: both so priceless and so expensive.
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Freedom: both so priceless and so expensive. Patricia Duncker
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They were from different generations, culture, nations. But even these things did not divide them so much as their separate conceptions of what it meant to be a woman. Patricia Duncker
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Suddenly, she employed those very English weapons: devious good manners and a rapid change of subject. Patricia Duncker