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> [“...by her family circle. That was my phrase, one that could include me by some stretch of the imagination; 'circle' sounded too symmetrical, but it would have to do.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/by-her-family-circle-that-was-my-phrase-one-that-could-include-me-by/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

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## More by Emma Donoghue

> [Before I had kids, I thought you should never lie to a kid. But now I've had them, I realize you almost lie to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/before-i-had-kids-i-thought-you-should-never-lie-to-a-kid-but-now-i/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

> [People don't always want to be with people. It gets tiring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/people-don-t-always-want-to-be-with-people-it-gets-tiring/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

> [What writing ROOM taught me was that I know exactly how to be the perfect mother, but I'm not willing to do it for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/what-writing-room-taught-me-was-that-i-know-exactly-how-to-be-the/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

> [With my first book, I was hired to write a draft of the script. I was so young and less confident. They put me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/with-my-first-book-i-was-hired-to-write-a-draft-of-the-script-i-was/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

> [“Who knows what we all are before anything happens?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/who-knows-what-we-all-are-before-anything-happens/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

> [...real loneliness is having no one to miss. Think yourself lucky you've known something worth missing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/real-loneliness-is-having-no-one-to-miss-think-yourself-lucky-you-ve/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

> [“It's you that matters though, just you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/it-s-you-that-matters-though-just-you/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

> [At the door, there was one of those moment when two people realize that they like each other more than they know each other.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/at-the-door-there-was-one-of-those-moment-when-two-people-realize/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

> [“When I was as young as you are now I learned how to save my own life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/when-i-was-as-young-as-you-are-now-i-learned-how-to-save-my-own-life/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

> [“In Room me and Ma had time for everything. I guess the time gets spread very thin like butter all over the world, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/in-room-me-and-ma-had-time-for-everything-i-guess-the-time-gets/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

> [I am clumsy, a late and nervous driver, and despise all sports except a little gentle dancing or yoga.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/i-am-clumsy-a-late-and-nervous-driver-and-despise-all-sports-except-a/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

> [“I looked in my mirror and saw, not myself, but every place I'd never been.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/i-looked-in-my-mirror-and-saw-not-myself-but-every-place-i-d-never/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

> [“I tell you frankly, Mrs. Damer, the more I see of different nations, the less sure I feel about the pre-eminence of my own.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/i-tell-you-frankly-mrs-damer-the-more-i-see-of-different-nations-the/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

> [Actually,the nightmarish thought occurred to me that with electronic delivery of books becoming a norm, soon writers may be expected to provide several versions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/actually-the-nightmarish-thought-occurred-to-me-that-with-electronic/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

> [Writing is nearly always a matter of finding whatever your brain needs to trick it into being creative, and in my case, a tiny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/writing-is-nearly-always-a-matter-of-finding-whatever-your-brain/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

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