--- title: "Best Heather O'Neill Quotes" description: "Heather O'Neill is a Canadian novelist, poet, short‑story writer, screenwriter and journalist who debuted with the novel Lullabies for Little Criminals ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b173/author-heather-o-neill-4972.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b173/author-heather-o-neill-4972.jpg) # Heather O'Neill (1973) Novelist Canada **103** quotes in **372** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Heather O'Neill is a novelist from Canada, best known for *Lullabies for little criminals*. ## Quick Facts About Heather O'Neill Born October 4, 1973 Nationality Canada Profession Novelist Notable works Lullabies for little criminals ## About Heather O'Neill The book won the 2007 Canada Reads competition, was short‑listed for the Orange Prize for Fiction and the Governor General’s Award, won the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction, and was long‑listed for the International Dublin Literary Award. ## Awards & Honors Danuta Gleed Literary Award ## Quotes by Heather O'Neill · Page 2 > [“The smallest a family can be is two members, and that was Jules and me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/the-smallest-a-family-can-be-is-two-members-and-that-was-jules-and-me/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Family](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/family/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eab/heather-o-neill-4972_family_the-smallest-a-family-can-be-is-two-memb_1943530.png) > [“Love should make you feel ten feet tall.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/love-should-make-you-feel-ten-feet-tall/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f40/heather-o-neill-4972_love_love-should-make-you-feel-ten-feet-tall_1505239.png) > [“Poor people knew that all good times had to be paid for.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/poor-people-knew-that-all-good-times-had-to-be-paid-for/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Good times](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-times/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d58/heather-o-neill-4972_good-times_poor-people-knew-that-all-good-times-had_2122321.png) > [“I decided to get my butt up out of the coffin, just like Jesus Christ, and come and chitchat with all my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/i-decided-to-get-my-butt-up-out-of-the-coffin-just-like-jesus-christ/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ec/heather-o-neill-4972_coffin_i-decided-to-get-my-butt-up-out-of-the-c_3731.png) > [“Everything written by any woman was written by all women, because they all benefited from it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/everything-written-by-any-woman-was-written-by-all-women-because-they/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Writing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bce/heather-o-neill-4972_writing_everything-written-by-any-woman-was-writ_1607467.png) > [“Childhood is the most valuable thing that's taken away from you in life, if you think about it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/childhood-is-the-most-valuable-thing-that-s-taken-away-from-you-in/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f47/heather-o-neill-4972_child_childhood-is-the-most-valuable-thing-tha_694509.png) > [Adolescents are still children in that they can't yet tell the difference between make believe and fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/adolescents-are-still-children-in-that-they-can-t-yet-tell-the/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Adolescent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adolescent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/744/heather-o-neill-4972_adolescent_adolescents-are-still-children-in-that-t_285376.png) > [“God knows who we became when we masturbated. It was like our desire was a spirit that possessed us and took over.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/god-knows-who-we-became-when-we-masturbated-it-was-like-our-desire/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Desire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/desire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fe/heather-o-neill-4972_desire_god-knows-who-we-became-when-we-masturba_2609720.png) > [“She was as secure as a sixty-year-old woman whose husband has never cheated on her.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/she-was-as-secure-as-a-sixty-year-old-woman-whose-husband-has-never/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Marriage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marriage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/472/heather-o-neill-4972_marriage_she-was-as-secure-as-a-sixty-year-old-wo_498693.png) > [“You should beware of motherless children. They will eat you alive. You will never be loved by anyone the way that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/you-should-beware-of-motherless-children-they-will-eat-you-alive-you/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c2/heather-o-neill-4972_children_you-should-beware-of-motherless-children_1730239.png) > [“They often got my file mixed up and thought that I had gone to juvenile detention for being a prostitute. All I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/they-often-got-my-file-mixed-up-and-thought-that-i-had-gone-to/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f16/heather-o-neill-4972_pimp_they-often-got-my-file-mixed-up-and-thou_1942543.png) > [“At dusk Pierrot found Rose sitting on a bench, facing the river. She was having morbid thoughts. She was descended from people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/at-dusk-pierrot-found-rose-sitting-on-a-bench-facing-the-river-she/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Pierrot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pierrot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c6/heather-o-neill-4972_pierrot_at-dusk-pierrot-found-rose-sitting-on-a_2404779.png) > [“You can learn how to be an aristocrat by following a few rules in a very short book. There is nothing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/you-can-learn-how-to-be-an-aristocrat-by-following-a-few-rules-in-a/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3d/heather-o-neill-4972_aristocrat_you-can-learn-how-to-be-an-aristocrat-by_950.png) > [If you want to get a child to love you, then you should just go hide in the closet for three or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/if-you-want-to-get-a-child-to-love-you-then-you-should-just-go-hide/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Bible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bible/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/heather-o-neill-4972_bible_if-you-want-to-get-a-child-to-love-you-t_1293154.png) > [“Boys are good at personas. There are a certain number that you can get at the drugstore, like costumes before Halloween. Being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/boys-are-good-at-personas-there-are-a-certain-number-that-you-can-get/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35d/heather-o-neill-4972_cool_boys-are-good-at-personas-there-are-a-ce_2753059.jpg) > [“Intimacy makes you feel unique. Intimacy makes you feel as though you have been singled out, that someone in the world believes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/intimacy-makes-you-feel-unique-intimacy-makes-you-feel-as-though-you/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Intimacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/intimacy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/592/heather-o-neill-4972_intimacy_intimacy-makes-you-feel-unique-intimacy_1476141.png) > [“When I thought about my old friends Linus Lucas and Theo, I realized they were not really criminals either. They were like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/when-i-thought-about-my-old-friends-linus-lucas-and-theo-i-realized/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Criminals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/criminals/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/641/heather-o-neill-4972_criminals_when-i-thought-about-my-old-friends-linu_999360.png) > [“I closed my eyes and the roof was gone. I could see the stars while the piano tinkled. I could see Jupiter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/i-closed-my-eyes-and-the-roof-was-gone-i-could-see-the-stars-while/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Astronomy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/705/heather-o-neill-4972_astronomy_i-closed-my-eyes-and-the-roof-was-gone-i_2294231.png) > [“I went into the room and sat next to Linus on the bed. I put my hand on his shoulder. I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/i-went-into-the-room-and-sat-next-to-linus-on-the-bed-i-put-my-hand/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5f/heather-o-neill-4972_gaze_i-went-into-the-room-and-sat-next-to-lin_330387.jpg) > [“Xavier wasn’t put on the earth to witness the bad htings like Jules and I were. He had been put here to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/xavier-wasn-t-put-on-the-earth-to-witness-the-bad-htings-like-jules/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Nature](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d86/heather-o-neill-4972_nature_xavier-wasn-t-put-on-the-earth-to-witnes_2348232.jpg) > [“People gave you a hard time about being a kid at twelve. They didn't want to give you Halloween candy anymore. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/people-gave-you-a-hard-time-about-being-a-kid-at-twelve-they-didn-t-2/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Candy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/candy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d89/heather-o-neill-4972_candy_people-gave-you-a-hard-time-about-being_1733437.jpg) > [“People give you a hard time about being a kid at twelve. They didn't want to give you Halloween candy anymore. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/people-give-you-a-hard-time-about-being-a-kid-at-twelve-they-didn-t/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30a/heather-o-neill-4972_age_people-give-you-a-hard-time-about-being_672546.png) > [On of the reasons that I wanted to study literature was because it exposed everything. Writers looked for secrets that had never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/on-of-the-reasons-that-i-wanted-to-study-literature-was-because-it/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/361/heather-o-neill-4972_books_on-of-the-reasons-that-i-wanted-to-study_2828447.jpg) > [“You have to create thoughts from scratch, Piglet. And as for the ingredients, you need love, wisdom, terror and acceptance. You have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/you-have-to-create-thoughts-from-scratch-piglet-and-as-for-the/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Change the world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change-the-world/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14b/heather-o-neill-4972_change-the-world_you-have-to-create-thoughts-from-scratch_1323424.png) > [“I didn’t know how he managed to keep the weight of his secret when the burden of it was crushing me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/i-didn-t-know-how-he-managed-to-keep-the-weight-of-his-secret-when/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Burden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/burden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/758/heather-o-neill-4972_burden_i-didn-t-know-how-he-managed-to-keep-the_1235020.png) > [“A cat's tail waved above the arm of the couch like an elegant hand in a black glove waving goodbye.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/a-cat-s-tail-waved-above-the-arm-of-the-couch-like-an-elegant-hand-in/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Cats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17d/heather-o-neill-4972_cats_a-cat-s-tail-waved-above-the-arm-of-the_382168.png) > [“I turned to the page on decorated buttons and tried to ponder their beauty instead of my own loneliness, trying to will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/i-turned-to-the-page-on-decorated-buttons-and-tried-to-ponder-their/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42d/heather-o-neill-4972_beauty_i-turned-to-the-page-on-decorated-button_2196064.png) > [My breath in the cold air was bleach that accidentally spilled on a black t-shirt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/my-breath-in-the-cold-air-was-bleach-that-accidentally-spilled-on-a/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c34/heather-o-neill-4972_air_my-breath-in-the-cold-air-was-bleach-tha_499528.png) > [“You came out of prison incredibly buff or with an addiction to paperback novels.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/you-came-out-of-prison-incredibly-buff-or-with-an-addiction-to/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Addiction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/addiction/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/579/heather-o-neill-4972_addiction_you-came-out-of-prison-incredibly-buff-o_661926.png) > [“In the temporary illumination of the headlights, the insects were scribbling out messages from God that we couldn’t get.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/in-the-temporary-illumination-of-the-headlights-the-insects-were/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18d/heather-o-neill-4972_headlights_in-the-temporary-illumination-of-the-hea_1487218.png) > [“They had this angry look about them, as if they had been falling off swings all day.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/they-had-this-angry-look-about-them-as-if-they-had-been-falling-off/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Anger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74f/heather-o-neill-4972_anger_they-had-this-angry-look-about-them-as-i_3075067.png) > [“That was desire messing with physics: putting its finger on the record and then slowing it down, making sure you heard every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/that-was-desire-messing-with-physics-putting-its-finger-on-the-record/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Desire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/desire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ac/heather-o-neill-4972_desire_that-was-desire-messing-with-physics-put_1244990.png) > [“What are they supposed to do when they've been told their whole lives not to believe in fairy tales?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/what-are-they-supposed-to-do-when-they-ve-been-told-their-whole-lives/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Fairy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fairy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/074/heather-o-neill-4972_fairy_what-are-they-supposed-to-do-when-they-v_231422.png) > [Adolescents are attracted to tragic heroes. That's why rock stars dress like homeless people. Adolescence is a fall. It's when every child…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/adolescents-are-attracted-to-tragic-heroes-that-s-why-rock-stars/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Adolescence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adolescence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0b/heather-o-neill-4972_adolescence_adolescents-are-attracted-to-tragic-hero_1267265.png) > [“I was trying my best to straighten out my life, but I always ended up in the middle of some festive waste…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/i-was-trying-my-best-to-straighten-out-my-life-but-i-always-ended-up/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/000/heather-o-neill-4972_life_i-was-trying-my-best-to-straighten-out-m_1318068.png) > [“When I read, I was a philosopher and it was up to me to figure out the meaning of things. Reading made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/when-i-read-i-was-a-philosopher-and-it-was-up-to-me-to-figure-out-the/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/255/heather-o-neill-4972_books_when-i-read-i-was-a-philosopher-and-it-w_1437201.png) > [“The cat looked at its paws and frantically back at its body, as if it had just been transformed into a cat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/the-cat-looked-at-its-paws-and-frantically-back-at-its-body-as-if-it/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Cats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/579/heather-o-neill-4972_cats_the-cat-looked-at-its-paws-and-frantical_1410410.png) > [“We confused the indoors with intimacy and electric heating with connection. Every night seemed like the last night because we would all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/we-confused-the-indoors-with-intimacy-and-electric-heating-with/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3b/heather-o-neill-4972_death_we-confused-the-indoors-with-intimacy-an_2899652.png) > [“Linus Lucas was fourteen years old, a number that made the spoons fall right out of our mouths.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/linus-lucas-was-fourteen-years-old-a-number-that-made-the-spoons-fall/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0dc/heather-o-neill-4972_fourteen-years_linus-lucas-was-fourteen-years-old-a-num_706350.png) > [“A cat peeped in the window. It had one white paw. One night it had decided to dip it into the reflection…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/a-cat-peeped-in-the-window-it-had-one-white-paw-one-night-it-had/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f7/heather-o-neill-4972_reflection-moon_a-cat-peeped-in-the-window-it-had-one-wh_981835.png) ## Heather O'Neill by topic [Children (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/heather-o-neill/) [Love (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/heather-o-neill/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/#itemlist", "name": "Heather O'Neill Quotes", "numberOfItems": 40, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The smallest a family can be is two members, and that was Jules and me.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Heather O'Neill" }, "url": 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