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Emma Donoghue Quotes

It’s painful to consider anything but writing Picture Quote #1

Scared is what you’re feeling. Brave is what you’re doing Picture Quote #1

If I was made of cake I’d eat myself before somebody else could Picture Quote #1

I’m a huge planner, more and more so as the years go by Picture Quote #1

I read three books a week Picture Quote #1

Books are the air I breathe, so I don’t notice the seasons Picture Quote #1

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Any parent knows how to be the ideal parent Picture Quote #1

People are locked up in all sorts of ways Picture Quote #1

Stories are a different kind of true Picture Quote #1

Sometimes when persons say definitely it sounds actually less true Picture Quote #1

Everyone’s got a different story Picture Quote #1

People don’t always want to be with people. It gets tiring Picture Quote #1

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People move around so much in the world, things get lost Picture Quote #1

I remember manners, that’s when people are scared to make other persons mad Picture Quote #1

I’ve always been religiously inclined, but it doesn’t come up in most of my books Picture Quote #1

The great thing about a short story is that it doesn’t have to trawl through someone’s whole life; it can come in glancingly from the side Picture Quote #1

A memoir is always the most authentic telling of a situation, but a novel gets to different places Picture Quote #1

Some writers can produce marvelous plots without planning it out, but I can’t. In particular I need to know the structure of a novel: what’s going to happen in each chapter and each scene Picture Quote #1

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... sentences swallowed and sung back and swallowed all over again. She was made entirely out of words Picture Quote #1

In the world I notice persons are nearly always stressed and have no time... I don’t know how persons with jobs do the jobs and all the living as well... I guess the time gets spread very thin like butter all over the world, the roads and houses and playgrounds and stores, so there’s only a little smear of time on each place, then everyone has to hurry on to the next bit Picture Quote #1

The world is always changing brightness and hotness and soundness, I never know how it’s going to be the next minute Picture Quote #1

I look back one more time. It’s like a crater, a hole where something happened Picture Quote #1

For all the books in his possession, he still failed to read the stories written plain as day in the faces of the people around him Picture Quote #1

The sound of the pages turning was the sound of magic. The dry liquid feel of paper under fingertips was what magic felt like Picture Quote #1

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... Sometimes I suspect that what had really happened was that we became more resigned, more cynical, raised our pain thresholds as we lowered our expectations. All in all, settled for less Picture Quote #1

There are some tales not for telling, whether because they are too long, too precious, too laughable, too painful, too easy to need telling or too hard to explain. After all, after years and travels my secrets are all I have left to chew on in the night Picture Quote #1

There’s not a thing wrong with you, you’re right the whole way through Picture Quote #1

Writing stories is my way of scratching that itch: my escape from the claustrophobia of individuality. It lets me, at least for a while, live more than one life, walk more than one path. Reading, of course, can do the same Picture Quote #1

And as the years flowed by, some villagers told travelers of a beast and a beauty who lived in the castle and could be seen walking on the battlements, and others told of two beauties, and others, of two beasts Picture Quote #1

The paradox of publicity is that even as we do it, we know it’s killing off the chance of another reader happening across our book in the ideal state of innocence Picture Quote #1

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It’s painful to consider anything but writing (Emma Donoghue Quotes) Scared is what you’re feeling. Brave is what you’re doing (Emma Donoghue Quotes) If I was made of cake I’d eat myself before somebody else could (Emma Donoghue Quotes) I’m a huge planner, more and more so as the years go by (Emma Donoghue Quotes) I read three books a week (Emma Donoghue Quotes) Books are the air I breathe, so I don’t notice the seasons (Emma Donoghue Quotes) Any parent knows how to be the ideal parent (Emma Donoghue Quotes) People are locked up in all sorts of ways (Emma Donoghue Quotes) Stories are a different kind of true (Emma Donoghue Quotes) Sometimes when persons say definitely it sounds actually less true (Emma Donoghue Quotes) Everyone’s got a different story (Emma Donoghue Quotes) People don’t always want to be with people. It gets tiring (Emma Donoghue Quotes) People move around so much in the world, things get lost (Emma Donoghue Quotes) I remember manners, that’s when people are scared to make other persons mad (Emma Donoghue Quotes) I’ve always been religiously inclined, but it doesn’t come up in most of my books (Emma Donoghue Quotes) The great thing about a short story is that it doesn’t have to trawl through someone’s whole life; it can come in glancingly from the side (Emma Donoghue Quotes) A memoir is always the most authentic telling of a situation, but a novel gets to different places (Emma Donoghue Quotes) Some writers can produce marvelous plots without planning it out, but I can’t. In particular I need to know the structure of a novel: what’s going to happen in each chapter and each scene (Emma Donoghue Quotes) ... sentences swallowed and sung back and swallowed all over again. She was made entirely out of words (Emma Donoghue Quotes) In the world I notice persons are nearly always stressed and have no time... I don’t know how persons with jobs do the jobs and all the living as well... I guess the time gets spread very thin like butter all over the world, the roads and houses and playgrounds and stores, so there’s only a little smear of time on each place, then everyone has to hurry on to the next bit (Emma Donoghue Quotes) The world is always changing brightness and hotness and soundness, I never know how it’s going to be the next minute (Emma Donoghue Quotes) I look back one more time. It’s like a crater, a hole where something happened (Emma Donoghue Quotes) For all the books in his possession, he still failed to read the stories written plain as day in the faces of the people around him (Emma Donoghue Quotes) The sound of the pages turning was the sound of magic. The dry liquid feel of paper under fingertips was what magic felt like (Emma Donoghue Quotes) ... Sometimes I suspect that what had really happened was that we became more resigned, more cynical, raised our pain thresholds as we lowered our expectations. All in all, settled for less (Emma Donoghue Quotes) There are some tales not for telling, whether because they are too long, too precious, too laughable, too painful, too easy to need telling or too hard to explain. After all, after years and travels my secrets are all I have left to chew on in the night (Emma Donoghue Quotes) There’s not a thing wrong with you, you’re right the whole way through (Emma Donoghue Quotes) Writing stories is my way of scratching that itch: my escape from the claustrophobia of individuality. It lets me, at least for a while, live more than one life, walk more than one path. Reading, of course, can do the same (Emma Donoghue Quotes) And as the years flowed by, some villagers told travelers of a beast and a beauty who lived in the castle and could be seen walking on the battlements, and others told of two beauties, and others, of two beasts (Emma Donoghue Quotes) The paradox of publicity is that even as we do it, we know it’s killing off the chance of another reader happening across our book in the ideal state of innocence (Emma Donoghue Quotes)

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