“I thought about the people I had met who were in pain but were pretending that everything was fine. And I thought, this is what books can do for us: they can acknowledge our experience and take the lid off… — Julie Schumacher Copy Share Image
“Are you going to redye it?" "No. My mother hates it, so I'm going to keep it," I said.” — Julie Schumacher Copy Share Image
My mother says that some books are good no matter when you read them, and some are good at a particular moment; they come… — Julie Schumacher Copy Share Image
“To me, a recently read novel was like a miniature planet: only a few hours earlier I had been breathing its air and living… — Julie Schumacher Copy Share Image
I had just wanted to be part of a story; I wanted to be a person who had a story to tell. — Julie Schumacher Copy Share Image
“Any person who is carrying a lot of sadness needs to be able to rest sometimes, and to put it down.” — Julie Schumacher Copy Share Image
“I thought about the people I had met who were in pain but were pretending that everything was fine. And I thought, this is… — Julie Schumacher Copy Share Image
Opening a book in the middle of a chapter always made me feel like I was interrupting a group of strangers, wandering unannounced into… — Julie Schumacher Copy Share Image
“There is something absent in me, I thought. Something incomplete. Even my mother couldn't describe me. There was something empty in me that in… — Julie Schumacher Copy Share Image
“The poor misguided soul described me as generous, “a champion for the department and particularly its students”; he went on to say that my… — Julie Schumacher Copy Share Image
Talking to a therapist, I thought, was like taking your clothes off and then taking your skin off, and then having the other person… — Julie Schumacher Copy Share Image
“October 16, 2009 Avengers Paintball, Inc. 1778 Industrial Blvd. Lakeville, MN 55044 Esteemed Avengers, This letter recommends Mr. Allen Trent for a position at… — Julie Schumacher Copy Share Image
