“Writing is a solitary business. It’s just you and your characters and a blank page you need to fill.” — Shannon Celebi Blank page Copy Share Image
“She fantasized sometimes too about killing him a little: a little poison in his pudding, a little flick-flick-flick with a fillet knife… — Shannon Celebi Fantasies Copy Share Image
“Her mother always told her, “If he hits you, then you leave,” but Jack had never hit her, not with his fists.” — Shannon Celebi Abuse Copy Share Image
“I’m sorry if...I get too personal, if I make you uncomfortable, but writing is like one of the seven deadly sins, like… — Shannon Celebi Deadly sins Copy Share Image
“I am forever an advocate of books, both the reading of them and the writing. There is something sacred to me in… — Shannon Celebi Advocate Copy Share Image
“Amber Rorman had told me too that our third grade teacher, Ms. Lizetti, was really a lesbian, which I thought was a… — Shannon Celebi Gay Copy Share Image
“I long for some connection, to the real and those who love them, and hope that my fiction can reach beyond the… — Shannon Celebi Connection Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t as if she’d thought it through or anything, how what a person wanted wasn’t always what they needed, and what… — Shannon Celebi Heart Copy Share Image
