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Top 20 Tess Gunty Quotes (2026 Update)

Tess Gunty Quote: “It was a Wednesday night. Which it always seemed to be in those days.”

1. “It was a Wednesday night. Which it always seemed to be in those days.”

Tess Gunty Quote: “You’re trapped inside yourself no matter how many degrees you get.”

2. “You’re trapped inside yourself no matter how many degrees you get.”

Tess Gunty Quote: “Listen to me very closely: being looked at is not the same as being seen.”

3. “Listen to me very closely: being looked at is not the same as being seen.”

Tess Gunty Quote: “I’m surprised I called you good. Not because I think you’re bad – it would be absurd to describe a whole person as good or bad. You’re just a series of messy, contradicting behaviours like everyone else. Those behaviours can become patterns or instincts, and some are better than others. But as long as you’re alive, the jury’s out.”

4. “I’m surprised I called you good. Not because I think you’re bad – it would be absurd to describe a whole person as good or bad. You’re just a series of messy, contradicting behaviours like everyone else. Those behaviours can become patterns or instincts, and some are better than others. But as long as you’re alive, the jury’s out.”

Tess Gunty Quote: “Because one day you will die, I promise, and mortality does not care if you believe in it.”

5. “Because one day you will die, I promise, and mortality does not care if you believe in it.”

Tess Gunty Quote: “The streets you walk, the food you eat, the job you work, the method of transportation you choose, the beauty products you purchase, the shows you watch, the links you click, the way you sit on a train, the way your speak to waiters, the way you take your coffee – everything affects everyone. Find a way to believe this, even when sober.”

6. “The streets you walk, the food you eat, the job you work, the method of transportation you choose, the beauty products you purchase, the shows you watch, the links you click, the way you sit on a train, the way your speak to waiters, the way you take your coffee – everything affects everyone. Find a way to believe this, even when sober.”

Tess Gunty Quote: “In general, she feels too much or too little, interacts too much or too little – never the right amount. It seems to her that she’s spent her whole life sitting in a laundromat, freaking people out.”

7. “In general, she feels too much or too little, interacts too much or too little – never the right amount. It seems to her that she’s spent her whole life sitting in a laundromat, freaking people out.”

Tess Gunty Quote: “Joan’s body contorts with desire to be elsewhere.”

8. “Joan’s body contorts with desire to be elsewhere.”

Tess Gunty Quote: “On the opposite end of the sidewalk, a large woman in her sixties collapsed. Immediately, two people rushed to the woman’s side, gingerly tending to her, touching her shoulders and face, speaking to her as though she were their mother – a cherished one – and Joan understood that human tenderness was not to be mocked. It was the last real thing.”

9. “On the opposite end of the sidewalk, a large woman in her sixties collapsed. Immediately, two people rushed to the woman’s side, gingerly tending to her, touching her shoulders and face, speaking to her as though she were their mother – a cherished one – and Joan understood that human tenderness was not to be mocked. It was the last real thing.”

Tess Gunty Quote: “James watches a line of ants march out of the kitchen drain, up the sink, into his life.”

10. “James watches a line of ants march out of the kitchen drain, up the sink, into his life.”

Tess Gunty Quote: “I’m so sick of violence against women disguised as validation.”

11. “I’m so sick of violence against women disguised as validation.”

Tess Gunty Quote: “Well, Joan, between you and me, I’m giving mysticism a go, myself. I think I have a real shot. From what I can tell, theism isn’t a necessary prerequisite. All I want is to exit my body.”

12. “Well, Joan, between you and me, I’m giving mysticism a go, myself. I think I have a real shot. From what I can tell, theism isn’t a necessary prerequisite. All I want is to exit my body.”

Tess Gunty Quote: “He looks at her as though searching for an emotion he misplaced. Fervor, perhaps. Or affection. He has the appearance of a man who has weathered many internal sandstorms and whose convictions – once sharp and exquisite – have lost their definition. Observing James, Blandine is reminded of a swan she saw last February. It has resigned itself to a puddle in the parking lot of a megastore.”

13. “He looks at her as though searching for an emotion he misplaced. Fervor, perhaps. Or affection. He has the appearance of a man who has weathered many internal sandstorms and whose convictions – once sharp and exquisite – have lost their definition. Observing James, Blandine is reminded of a swan she saw last February. It has resigned itself to a puddle in the parking lot of a megastore.”

Tess Gunty Quote: “Rules mean nothing to babies.”

14. “Rules mean nothing to babies.”

Tess Gunty Quote: “She always felt perversely good during a crisis; a crisis justified the panic that rattled the cage of her body at least once a month.”

15. “She always felt perversely good during a crisis; a crisis justified the panic that rattled the cage of her body at least once a month.”

Tess Gunty Quote: “If she had to summarize the plot of contemporary life, the mother would say: it’s about everyone punishing each other for things they didn’t do. And here she is, refusing to look at her baby, punishing him for something he didn’t do.”

16. “If she had to summarize the plot of contemporary life, the mother would say: it’s about everyone punishing each other for things they didn’t do. And here she is, refusing to look at her baby, punishing him for something he didn’t do.”

Tess Gunty Quote: “The only benefit of her generalized anxiety disorder was that it prepared Hope for the Worst-Case Scenario; she was never surprised when one materialized because the Worst-Case Scenario was where she spent most of her time.”

17. “The only benefit of her generalized anxiety disorder was that it prepared Hope for the Worst-Case Scenario; she was never surprised when one materialized because the Worst-Case Scenario was where she spent most of her time.”

Tess Gunty Quote: “Half my life, I have been waiting for someone to yell: Action. The other half, I have been waiting for someone to yell: Cut.”

18. “Half my life, I have been waiting for someone to yell: Action. The other half, I have been waiting for someone to yell: Cut.”

Tess Gunty Quote: “Reggie crosses the room to his wife, because in fifty-six years of marriage, she has never crossed the room to him.”

19. “Reggie crosses the room to his wife, because in fifty-six years of marriage, she has never crossed the room to him.”

Tess Gunty Quote: “You couldn’t go anywhere in this town without bumping into God.”

20. “You couldn’t go anywhere in this town without bumping into God.”

Tess Gunty Quote: “Joan apologized three more times, then returned to her seat, feeling evil. As usual, when she confronted the world about one of its problems, the world suggested that the problem was Joan.”

21. “Joan apologized three more times, then returned to her seat, feeling evil. As usual, when she confronted the world about one of its problems, the world suggested that the problem was Joan.”

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