The History of Great Things Quotes

“You believe in expressing all feelings at all times, though this has never been a successful practice for you insofar as your feeling-expression resulting in any real change.”
― Elizabeth Crane, The History of Great Things

“Your self-doubt resides elsewhere and calcifies until it’s not even doubt anymore. You are certain that everything else about you is bad. You’re definitely not the best person. You’re not the prettiest, you’re not the thinnest, you’re not the smartest, you’re not the -est anything, except when it comes to singing. You do know how talented you are. This may be the only thing about you that you know is truly good.”
― Elizabeth Crane, The History of Great Things

“Percival Everett by Virgil Russell,”
― Elizabeth Crane, The History of Great Things

“But the point is that I didn’t want this book to depict events with any accuracy. I am a fan of whatever you want to call this category of fiction in which authors use their real names for their character names.”
― Elizabeth Crane, The History of Great Things

“you’re disappointed that he doesn’t get it, though you’re not surprised. He’s never really gotten you. He loves you and takes care of you, and you thought that would be enough.”
― Elizabeth Crane, The History of Great Things

“The man, as you add it up, does whatever he feels like or doesn’t, and the woman does everything else. The why of it, you have no idea.”
― Elizabeth Crane, The History of Great Things