Best Emma Donoghue Quotes
- You're meant to have an unhappy childhood to be a writer, but there's a lot to be said for a very happy one that just… Childhood
- 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 them… Almost Lie
- I tend to be so lost in the work that I don't notice the weather. My partner will come home and say, 'Beautiful day, wasn't… All
- Sometimes you must shed your skin to save it. Inspirational
- For all that being a parent is normal statistically, it's not normal psychologically. It produces some of the most extreme emotions you'll ever have. All
- A memoir is always the most authentic telling of a situation, but a novel gets to different places. Authentic
- I got in the habit of giving away a book as soon as I've finished it because I lived in a housing co-op at Cambridge… Book
- Some writers can produce marvelous plots without planning it out, but I can't. In particular I need to know the structure of a novel: what's… Chapter
- ...sentences swallowed and sung back and swallowed all over again. She was made entirely out of words. All
- In the world I notice persons are nearly always stressed and have no time...I don't know how persons with jobs do the jobs and all… All
- Scared is what you're feeling. Brave is what you're doing. Brave
- I think about Old Nick carrying me into the truck, I'm dizzy like I'm going to fall down. "Scared is what you're feeling," says Ma,… Always Make
- Goodbye, Room." I wave up at Skylight. "Say goodbye," I tell Ma. "Goodbye, Room." Ma says it but on mute. I look back one more… Back One
- Ma's still nodding. "You're the one who matters, though. Just you." I shake my head till it's wobbling because there's no just me. Head
- The world is always changing brightness and hotness and soundness, I never know how it's going to be the next minute. Always Changing
- Maybe I’m a human, but I’m a me-and-Ma as well. Human
- If I was made of cake I'd eat myself before somebody else could. Cake
- I look back one more time. It's like a crater, a hole where something happened. Back One
- Books are the air I breathe, so I don't notice the seasons. Air
- People are locked up in all sorts of ways. All
- For all the books in his possession, he still failed to read the stories written plain as day in the faces of the people around… All
- When I was a little kid I thought like a little kid, but now I'm five I know everything Five
- Vitamins are medicine for not getting sick and going back to Heaven yet. Getting Sick
- You know who you belong to Jack? - Yeah. Yourself. - He's wrong, actually, I belong to Ma. p. 261 Room by E Donoghue Belong
- The sound of the pages turning was the sound of magic. The dry liquid feel of paper under fingertips was what magic felt like. Dry
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