--- title: "1 Book Closed Quotes By Jo Ann Beard" description: "1 Book Closed quotes by Jo Ann Beard. Plus more from Jo Ann Beard and more Book Closed sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/189/jo-ann-beard-41442_mirror_in-the-dresser-mirror-my-face-looks-the_2938834.jpg" --- > [“In the dresser mirror, my face looks the same, but I feel something happening around me, some change as palpable as weather. Stuck in the mirror are mementos from my childhood—red and yellow ribbons for various underachievements, a brown corsage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-ann-beard/in-the-dresser-mirror-my-face-looks-the-same-but-i-feel-something/) [Jo Ann Beard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-ann-beard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/189/jo-ann-beard-41442_mirror_in-the-dresser-mirror-my-face-looks-the_2938834.jpg) ## More by Jo Ann Beard > [“This is where the pivotal events of my childhood unfolded, while I ate banana and root beer Popsicles, two by two, tucking the sticks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-ann-beard/this-is-where-the-pivotal-events-of-my-childhood-unfolded-while-i-ate/) [Jo Ann Beard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-ann-beard/) > [“We sit silently in our living room. He watches the mute television screen and I watch him. The planes and ridges of his face…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-ann-beard/we-sit-silently-in-our-living-room-he-watches-the-mute-television/) [Jo Ann Beard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-ann-beard/) > [“The way everything seems to be working out right now, I wouldn't be surprised if I ended up dead before the night is over.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-ann-beard/the-way-everything-seems-to-be-working-out-right-now-i-wouldn-t-be/) [Jo Ann Beard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-ann-beard/) > [“Sometimes when you're cruel to others, it's because you've gotten yourself into a situation you can't get out of.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-ann-beard/sometimes-when-you-re-cruel-to-others-it-s-because-you-ve-gotten/) [Jo Ann Beard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-ann-beard/) > [“In addition to Linda and me, there's a brother, a strange little guy named Bradley, obsessed with his own cowboy boots. He paces areound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-ann-beard/in-addition-to-linda-and-me-there-s-a-brother-a-strange-little-guy/) [Jo Ann Beard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-ann-beard/) > [“On the very tip of his tongue is his Firerancher. Thin as tissue paper, it looks like the moon in the daytime sky. Suddenly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-ann-beard/on-the-very-tip-of-his-tongue-is-his-firerancher-thin-as-tissue-paper/) [Jo Ann Beard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-ann-beard/) > [“Instead of slapping her head, I do what they tell you to do: count to ten. Only I do it the gifted way: 123+456+789+10.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-ann-beard/instead-of-slapping-her-head-i-do-what-they-tell-you-to-do-count-to/) [Jo Ann Beard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-ann-beard/) > [“In the dresser mirror, my face looks the same, but I feel something happening around me, some change as palpable as weather. Stuck in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-ann-beard/in-the-dresser-mirror-my-face-looks-the-same-but-i-feel-something/) [Jo Ann Beard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-ann-beard/) > [“...within the souls of the awkward and the overlooked often burns something radiant.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-ann-beard/within-the-souls-of-the-awkward-and-the-overlooked-often-burns/) [Jo Ann Beard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-ann-beard/) > [“It feels weird right at this moment to not be anybody's sidekick. Hard to explain, but when I look at the moon, it seems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-ann-beard/it-feels-weird-right-at-this-moment-to-not-be-anybody-s-sidekick-hard/) [Jo Ann Beard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-ann-beard/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book-closed/jo-ann-beard/#itemlist", "name": "1 Book Closed Quotes By Jo Ann Beard", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In the dresser mirror, my face looks the same, but I feel something happening around me, some change as palpable as weather. Stuck in the mirror are mementos from my childhood—red and yellow ribbons for various underachievements, a brown corsage from grad school graduation, a curling and faded picture of me petting a deer in Wisconsin—which is now over. I wandered through it and came out the other side. It’s a stark feeling. 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