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> [I wrote before I could write. I got my hands on a journal, maybe a hand-me-down; I had three older siblings. My first entries are in the handwriting of the sister closets in age (5 years my senior). She must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianna-baggott/i-wrote-before-i-could-write-i-got-my-hands-on-a-journal-maybe-a-hand/)

[Julianna Baggott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianna-baggott/)

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## More by Julianna Baggott

> [“To know someone, to be known. That matters more than he'd ever thought it would.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianna-baggott/to-know-someone-to-be-known-that-matters-more-than-he-d-ever-thought/)

[Julianna Baggott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianna-baggott/)

> [“Wir sollten feiern, was wir feiern können.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianna-baggott/wir-sollten-feiern-was-wir-feiern-k-nnen/)

[Julianna Baggott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianna-baggott/)

> [She glances back before stepping into the alley, and she catches her grandfather looking at her the way he does sometimes--as if she's already…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianna-baggott/she-glances-back-before-stepping-into-the-alley-and-she-catches-her/)

[Julianna Baggott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianna-baggott/)

> [So far, I should be calm and more specifically not like that...Anything else? Would you like to do surgery on my personality? How about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianna-baggott/so-far-i-should-be-calm-and-more-specifically-not-like-that-anything/)

[Julianna Baggott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianna-baggott/)

> [I am deeply Catholic and always will be, but I'm no longer a member of the church. I left in 2003 because of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianna-baggott/i-am-deeply-catholic-and-always-will-be-but-i-m-no-longer-a-member-of/)

[Julianna Baggott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianna-baggott/)

> [“You're a hero here.' 'I don't want to be a hero.' 'What do you want?' 'I want to be a leader.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianna-baggott/you-re-a-hero-here-i-don-t-want-to-be-a-hero-what-do-you-want-i-want/)

[Julianna Baggott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianna-baggott/)

> [“When I met you, I thought we were meant for each other, even though, in some ways, seemed very different and we kept fighting.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianna-baggott/when-i-met-you-i-thought-we-were-meant-for-each-other-even-though-in/)

[julianna baggott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianna-baggott/)

> [Love is a luxury. It's something that people are allowed to indulge in when they're not simply trying to survive and keep other people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianna-baggott/love-is-a-luxury-it-s-something-that-people-are-allowed-to-indulge-in/)

[Julianna Baggott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianna-baggott/)

> [“My memories will be erased and then I'll be force-fed the story from the society pages?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianna-baggott/my-memories-will-be-erased-and-then-i-ll-be-force-fed-the-story-from/)

[Julianna Baggott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianna-baggott/)

> [“How do you know me?" she says. He looks at her through his narrow eyes. "I was," he says. "You were what?" she asks.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianna-baggott/how-do-you-know-me-she-says-he-looks-at-her-through-his-narrow-eyes-i/)

[Julianna Baggott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianna-baggott/)

> [I've never thought there was anything I could hope to get by praying for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianna-baggott/i-ve-never-thought-there-was-anything-i-could-hope-to-get-by-praying/)

[Julianna Baggott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianna-baggott/)

> [Try to think of writing as a gift - more complexly put: it is the curse and the cure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianna-baggott/try-to-think-of-writing-as-a-gift-more-complexly-put-it-is-the-curse/)

[Julianna Baggott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianna-baggott/)

> [Basically if you burst into my office the walls themselves will flutter as if alive - maybe that's the reason for all the wings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianna-baggott/basically-if-you-burst-into-my-office-the-walls-themselves-will/)

[Julianna Baggott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianna-baggott/)

> [But there it is: Everyone is alone, for life, and maybe that's not such a bad thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianna-baggott/but-there-it-is-everyone-is-alone-for-life-and-maybe-that-s-not-such/)

[Julianna Baggott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianna-baggott/)

> [Sometimes when reading aloud to my husband, I'll start crying. It completely stuns me. As if the words in my body and on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianna-baggott/sometimes-when-reading-aloud-to-my-husband-i-ll-start-crying-it/)

[Julianna Baggott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianna-baggott/)

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