“He arranged three hundred pairs of women’s shoes on the stairway that climbed from Taylor Street to Broadway. High heels and flats, running shoes and loafers, all of them heading uphill, as if an army of invisible women had paused… — Pat Murphy Copy Share Image
I've learned to write the truth. But to do that, I had to figure out what the truth was-and I had to realize that… — Pat Murphy Copy Share Image
“I thought it was a really good story,' Cindy said. She was trying to make me feel better, I think. 'I liked the way… — Pat Murphy Copy Share Image
“But when you write something down, you have to think it all the way through. Sometimes, I'm not even sure how I feel about… — Pat Murphy Copy Share Image
Sometimes, you gotta believe something crazy. Because all the other things you could believe hurt too much. — Pat Murphy Copy Share Image
If you can’t change the world with chocolate chip cookies, how can you change the world? — Pat Murphy Copy Share Image
“He arranged three hundred pairs of women’s shoes on the stairway that climbed from Taylor Street to Broadway. High heels and flats, running shoes… — Pat Murphy Copy Share Image
“We talked about each story for a while, and then Verla talked about heroes and villains. 'Nobody is all good or all bad,' she… — Pat Murphy Copy Share Image
“He was a strange lad—with a peculiar, dreamy air about him that made some think he was dim-witted. But he wasn’t stupid—he just paid… — Pat Murphy Copy Share Image
“Verla says that no one thinks of himself as a villain. Even the nastiest person thinks that he is in the right.” — Pat Murphy Copy Share Image
“I wasn't wearing war paint. But that didn't matter. I didn't need war paint. I was a different person than I had been, back… — Pat Murphy Copy Share Image
“You are afraid of us. You are afraid because you don't know what we might do.” — Pat Murphy Copy Share Image
“JOIN THE CIRCUS OF CHAOS ... juggling, stilt walking, and other skills for socially acceptable procrastination.” — Pat Murphy Copy Share Image