Lorrie Moore Quotes

I used to not want to die in any way but in my sleep when I was a young man. I'd like to die awake now, if possible, with people around me who love me.

The pain of loneliness seems to be part of the mortal experience. But the Lord in His mercy has made it so that we need never deal with the challenges of mortality alone.

Next door, there's an old man who lived to his nineties and one day passed away in his sleep. And his wife, she stayed for a couple of days and passed away. I'm sorry, I know that's a strange way to tell you that I know we belong.

When you are about to die, a wombat is better than no company at all.

No one deserves to die alone. No matter who you are, you deserve to have someone by your side. And as a volunteer with hospice, we provide that love, comfort, and respect.

Son. Everyone dies alone. That's what it is. It's a door. It's one person wide. When you go through it, you do it alone. But it doesn't mean you've got to be alone before you go through the door. And believe me, you aren't alone on the other side.

I touch you knowing we weren't born tomorrow, and somehow, each of us will help the other live, and somewhere, each of us must help the other die.

My chief consolation in this year of living dyingly has been the presence of friends.

If your friend is sick and dying, the most important thing he wants is not an explanation; he wants you to sit with him. He's terrified of being alone more than anything else. So, God has not left us alone.

Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.

One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don't come home at night.

Each year of life brings us nearer to our decline, but I will continue to seek a listener until I'm dead in a ditch.

It would be nice to have someone to go back to, a girl to call at the end of the night after a long day.

The common denominator of all my friends is that they're dead.

Your father has to die, better he dies in your arms.

'Beloved Renegade' is a meditation on Walt Whitman, on tenderness, on dying.

Death belongs to the dying and those who love them.

Death was like love, a romantic escape.

What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.

How we need another soul to cling to.

All I want is for people, when they read my books, to feel companioned, to feel they're not alone in the world.

I knew that my father was going to die of heart disease, and I was trying to make a heart for him.

Why don't people take the trouble to let you know that they are alive? It is so much more important. The whole system is wrong. No sooner do I die, than all the flowers I have ever longed for in life pour in.

If I'm such a legend, then why am I so lonely? Let me tell you, legends are all very well if you've got somebody around who loves you.

I love nicknames. It makes me feel loved. It makes me feel less alone in this world.