“She returned to him, pressed his cheeks in her hands. "My eccentric old man, thinking you could fly.""This time, only my words will fly," he said solemnly. They both cracked up. Almost twenty years together and if blazing heat had turned to warmth, humor, it was less wild but easier to sustain.”

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.