“But my best friend from college was silent for a long time. She, of all of my friends, had seen the parade of sad wrecks through my life, date after bad date after bad boyfriend. She was the one who'd picked up the pieces after the musician, the investment banker, the humanitarian who was human to everyone but me.When at last she spoke, she said, Oh, hell.And, after that: Hallelujah.”

American novelist and short story writer

Lauren Groff is an American novelist and short story writer. She is known for fiction that has appeared across five novels and three short story collections, and 79 quotes on this site are attributed to her. Her books include Delicate Edible Birds, Fates and Furies, Matrix, The Vaster Wilds, and Brawler. She also co-founded The Lynx Bookstore in Gainesville, Florida, with her husband, Clay Kallman.