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Feast of Love by Charles Baxter (writing prompts!)

Feast of Love by Charles Baxter (writing prompts!)

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Feb 25, 2025
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I was re-reading Charles Baxter’s brilliant novel Feast of Love and this passage struck me:

“Every relationship has at least one really good day. What I mean is, no matter how sour things go, there's always that day. That day is always in your possession. That's the day you remember. You get old and you think: well, at least I had that day. It happened once. You think all the variables might just line up again. But they don't. Not always. I once talked to a woman who said, "Yeah, that's the day we had an angel around.”

So all of today’s prompts were inspired by this passage, and Feast of Love in general — if you haven’t read it, do yourself a favor. It’s a gorgeous book.

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