“I'd always wanted to know what it was like. Happiness.” — Julianna Baggott Happiness Copy Share Image
But there it is: Everyone is alone, for life, and maybe that's not such a bad thing. — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
“Scars are good. Right, Helmud? It's the body's way of making armour.” — Julianna Baggott Scar Copy Share Image
Try to think of writing as a gift - more complexly put: it is the curse and the cure. — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
“Maybe Helmund is an angel after all. Maybe that's who he's been all along.” — Julianna Baggott Angel Copy Share Image
I want to keep looking at ways to stride forward with positivity. — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
“Don't talk about dying? You want me to talk about love. They're one and the same, child. One and the same.” — Julianna Baggott Death Copy Share Image
“But she's still afraid that the more she misses him--his face, his skin, the way he looked at her--and the more hope… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
What does it mean to be Catholic and not a Catholic? I feel adrift, homeless. My Catholic imagination allows me to see… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
When a colleague of mine had a notable New York Times book, I said, turn one of the chapters in the collection… — Julianna Baggott Book Copy Share Image
While I was in college becoming a good Catholic I was also becoming a writer - one haunted by Catholicism. — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
Basically if you burst into my office the walls themselves will flutter as if alive - maybe that's the reason for all… — Julianna Baggott Alive Copy Share Image
“They need eachother. They always have and always will. Maybe he should just be happy with that fact. Not everyone gets to… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
When you're in the world looking for only one thing, you find it or it finds you. The obsession can be mutual — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
I was born in the era of the novel. I've written many, as well as collections of poetry, and essays for mouthing… — Julianna Baggott Books Copy Share Image
“When I met you, I thought we were meant for each other, even though, in some ways, seemed very different and we… — julianna baggott Love Copy Share Image
“Is he blaming her? Does he think she led on El Captain or was having a relationship with him at the same… — Julianna Baggott Airship Copy Share Image
I didn't start writing so that I could more deeply know myself. I was bored of myself, my life, my childhood, my… — Julianna Baggott Bored Copy Share Image
I am politically pro-choice, but personally pro-life. I have my faith but refuse to force it on the world at large -… — Julianna Baggott Abortion Copy Share Image
“Are you saying that the people here aren't desperate? I think you're wrong. I think they are and they just don't know… — Julianna Baggott Desperate Copy Share Image
If men are paid/praised more than women for the same work than it always pays to allow the man to have more… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
Writers are socially observant. We find people endlessly fascinating, and real life is mysterious. Sometimes it's hard to stop staring at the… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
“The dirt,” he says, his voice strangely peaceful. “What about it?” she asks. “It’s dirty.” — Julianna Baggott Dirt Copy Share Image
“I am who I am at any given moment…. That's the only way you can know me.” — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
“Los niños quieren a sus padres, aunque estos no se lo merezcan; es inevitable.” — Julianna Baggott Amor Copy Share Image
Different genres allow me to not feel so hemmed in by my own voice, tics, style. — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
No matter what losses happen in a given season, the Red Sox always have next year. — Julianna Baggott Football Copy Share Image
I'm a writer of faith. I was raised Catholic, and I have a deeply Catholic imagination. — Julianna Baggott Catholic Copy Share Image
Writing across genres has made me more prolific. When one is fighting me or simply not cutting it, I turn to another. — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
“—Vale, entonces un recuerdo. ¿Tiene que ser feliz? —No. Prefiero que sea verdadero a que sea feliz.” — Julianna Baggott Amor Copy Share Image
Each genre has something to teach me about the others. Not all the lessons are transferable, but many of the most important… — Julianna Baggott Genre Copy Share Image
“Finally she said, "When I grow up, I'm going to live out here. I'll probably be a Miss Somebody, too..." Don't grow… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
“Omission is a sin only if, in the process of deceiving, you forget the truth. Lying is a sin only if, in… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
Weakness, like not being able to bury the past. Weakness, like not giving up hope when you know you should. — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
Literature has done great work for feminism - writing and reading are a practice of empathy - and great literature will continue… — Julianna Baggott Books Copy Share Image
