'Irma Voth' is my sixth book, but it's only the third time I've featured Mennonite settings and characters. — Miriam Toews Copy Share Image
“Maybe she was enjoying a moment in her life, a sliver of light, a flash memory of one of her kids, something… — Miriam Toews Copy Share Image
“Everytime I looked at it I was reminded that I was, at that very moment, not bleeding from my face. And those… — Miriam Toews Copy Share Image
It was the first time that we had sort of articulated our major problem. She wanted to die and I wanted her… — Miriam Toews Copy Share Image
“One night I heard my dad say to my mom: I can't help but think of the good times we're having now… — Miriam Toews Copy Share Image
My father died beside trees on iron rails... He had 77 dollars on him at the time, and we used the money… — Miriam Toews Copy Share Image
“We were making good time now, barrelling through the bodacious curves of southeastern Utah and ignoring all impending signs of trouble with… — Miriam Toews Copy Share Image
Canada has, at times, represented itself as a country in a valiant struggle against powerful and menacing agents that are indifferent to… — Miriam Toews Copy Share Image
A lot of times, people think that it doesn't make sense for people to be depressed when they have everything, a loving… — Miriam Toews Copy Share Image
“She says isn't it funny how every second, every minute, every day, month, year, is accounted for, capable of being named -… — Miriam Toews Copy Share Image
After that we tried thirty-nine times to stand together on the tube until we finally did. It was fun. I liked the… — Miriam Toews Copy Share Image
“..I followed her out the door and watched her walk down the road towards home, hers, and the bright yard light, and… — Miriam Toews Copy Share Image
“Apparently she got stranded out at sea again this time. It happens to her every time she goes to an ocean. She… — Miriam Toews Copy Share Image
Her faith in a loving and forgiving God is strong, but she worships laughter. — Miriam Toews Copy Share
“I heard Tash say: Nomi, you’re sad man. Get a grip. Walk away. What have I taught you? And I thought: You taught me… — Miriam Toews Copy Share
“Where are they going to get a camera? I asked. I don't know, said Noehmi. They'll probably get sidetracked along the way. Or they'll… — Miriam Toews Copy Share
“Nomi, he said, you just need to wake up to the fact that other people need to know where you're going. But there's nobody… — Miriam Toews Copy Share
I would never want to deny my Mennonite background and culture; I'll always feel like and be identified as a Mennonite and therefore possess… — Miriam Toews Copy Share
“When I opened up the bottle of wine, Thebes said whoa, you yanked that cork out of there like you were saving it from… — Miriam Toews Copy Share
The writing life is one long, never-ending search for narrative. Well, it's not even a conscious searching. It happens even while you're busy buying… — Miriam Toews Copy Share
“I think Ray might have wanted a son. One night when I was seven or eight I announced to my family that I wanted… — Miriam Toews Copy Share
The theme of sisters - of missing sisters, of needing sisters, the special love that sisters share or the antagonism sisters share - is… — Miriam Toews Copy Share
“..I followed her out the door and watched her walk down the road towards home, hers, and the bright yard light, and her own… — Miriam Toews Copy Share
“someday you’ll be gone, you’ll be dust, and then even less than dust. Nothing. There’s no other place to be. This world is good… — Miriam Toews Copy Share
...and I put on "All My Love" and watched the sun rise yet again and thought thank you Robert Plant for all your love… — Miriam Toews Copy Share
Things shouldn't hinge on so very little. Sneeze and you're highway carnage. Remove one tiny stone and you're an avalanche statistic. But I guess… — Miriam Toews Copy Share
