All Isobelle Carmody Quotes
- Short stories do not say this happened and this happened and this happened. They are a microcosm and a magnification rather than a linear progression. Happened
- The very shape of our dreams defines us. We learn about the world and try out our thoughts and visions in them. Our dreams goad… Comfort
- The short story form allows evocation, suggestion, implication. Its potency often lies in what it does not say. Allows
- Long fiction is wonderful and you can lose yourself in it as a reader and as a writer, but short stories don't allow the same… Allow
- The mirror had broken into millions of pieces and the wind blew them all over the world. If a person got a speck in their… All
- My favourite mentor brother told me that there were three kinds of people: followers, leaders and scouts. Scouts are capeable of leadership, but they could… Authority
- Many truths which are not believed are called lies,' the Laughing Beast said. 'Mirrors do not themselves lie unless they have been enchanted. Ordinary mirrors… Beast
- Maruman does not loll. Doe
- You are born with the yearning arrow, my Glynna, though you are not yet fully aware of it. It is not a happy thing to… Answer
- The worst predijudice is unknowing. We think we treat others as equals, but, in our deepest heart, we regard ourselves as superior. In part, this… Better
- Sometimes success demands a certain refined insanity. Certain
- Impatience is not the least of your faults, Malik, it is a kind of greed and someday it may see you undone. Faults
- Only humans think death is evil. But it is nature. Evil exist's only in life. There is much good and evil alloted to each life. Alloted
- Life has always been a matter of putting one's feet down carefully Been
- The deepest wounds aren't the ones we get from other people hurting us. They are the wounds we give ourselves when we hurt other people. Deepest
- Cracks especially. You have to be careful of the cracks.. Sometimes they are disguised as something else. A doorway, or a smile or even a… Careful
- Never trust a mirror,' his mother had told him. 'They never tell the truth unless you make them. Him
- My heart belongs to you,' He promised. 'Would you have loved me when I was a girl?' 'I have always loved you. Even before I… Always Loved
- Don't you understand that wanting does not belong here, because that is what wounds, and there is never an end to it. Belong
- That was what happened to laughter when you caged it. It became unbearably sad. It was worse than crying. Became
- She's forgetting,' Ellen said to Jack, plumping herself down on a chair. 'All of her life is leaking out of her. Soon there will be… All
- If she is afraid of mirrors she is afraid of herself. Afraid
- It is better to pursue a hopeless hope than to give in to black despair. Better
- Sometimes I am afraid for people like you who have to know things. Your kind will dig and hunt and worry at it until one… Afraid
- Here's the thing. I hate kids. Always have. I mean, I know the job of the race, biologically speaking, is to achieve immortality through reproduction,… Achieve