Never be so focused on what you're looking for that you overlook the thing you actually find.
—Ann Patchett in State of Wonder
—Ann Patchett in State of Wonder
Ann Patchett (born December 2, 1963) is an American author. She received the 2002 PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize for Fiction in the same year, for her novel Bel Canto. Patchett's other novels include The Patron Saint of Liars (1992), Taft (1994), The Magician's Assistant (1997), Run (2007), State...
—Ann Patchett in This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
—Ann Patchett in This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage