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title: "2 Parents Kids Quotes By Emma Donoghue"
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> [ \[E\]verywhere I'm looking at kids, adults mostly don't seem to like them, not even the parents do. They call the kids gorgeous and so cute, they make the kids do the thing all over again so they can take a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/e-verywhere-i-m-looking-at-kids-adults-mostly-don-t-seem-to-like-them/)

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

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> [“Also everywhere I'm looking at kids, adults mostly don't seem to like them, not even the parents do. They call the kids gorgeous and so cute, they make the kids do the thing all over again so they can take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/also-everywhere-i-m-looking-at-kids-adults-mostly-don-t-seem-to-like/)

[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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