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Jenny Offill

Jenny Offill is an American novelist and essayist known for concise, fragmented prose and sharp observations of family life, work, and memory. Her quote reflects a calm attention to the present and the value of being fully where one is.

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Quotes by Jenny Offill

I will get there, but now I'm here, and here is wonderful. — Jenny Offill

Finding Wonder in the Present Moment

Jenny Offill’s line gently overturns the modern obsession with destinations. At first, “I will get there” acknowledges ambition and movement, yet the sentence immediately returns us to the present: “but now I’m here.” In...

Created on: 7/19/2026