“Father can be the person you most hate and most fear, yes, but deep down you expect that he'll be the one… — Julianna Baggott Father Copy Share Image
So far, I should be calm and more specifically not like that...Anything else? Would you like to do surgery on my personality?… — Julianna Baggott Calm Copy Share Image
Our stories are what we have,” Our Good Mother says. “Our stories preserve us. we give them to one another. Our stories… — Julianna Baggott Giving Copy Share Image
Love is a luxury. It's something that people are allowed to indulge in when they're not simply trying to survive and keep… — Julianna Baggott Alive Copy Share Image
“And I knew that I loved him with more than a nod. I loved him with a rush of tenderness, a lion's… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
Writing is my obsession, my passion. My relationship with it is one of the most complex and agonizing and richly vexing that… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
The generation of women who came before us did much of our shouting. They laid the groundwork and now we can be… — Julianna Baggott Calm Copy Share Image
I want women writers to write boldly, wildly, deeply. I want them to feel really liberated to tell the brutal truth, however… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
If you look at the world one way, it takes from you - it's a thief of time, energy, creative mojo. But… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
“Revolutions are usually started by people who are hungry. Sure, there are ideological revolutions, but, again, people rise up because they feel… — Julianna Baggott Revolution Copy Share Image
And I know I'm supposed to feel guilty for wanting people to buy my books... and books in general? Novels and poetry,… — Julianna Baggott Apology Copy Share Image
“When I first met you, I thought we were made for each other even though we seemed like opposites in some ways… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
I wrote before I could write. I got my hands on a journal, maybe a hand-me-down; I had three older siblings. My… — Julianna Baggott Age Copy Share Image
You want the greatest trick for writing a novel? Here it is: imagine urgently whispering your story into one person's ear -… — Julianna Baggott Books Copy Share Image
“There are always rumors, and there are always secrets. And secrets within secrets. They protect us. The truth can be manipulated. But… — Julianna Baggott Secret Copy Share Image
You learn to exploit genre for the more important things - to my mind - like story, character, image, language. — Julianna Baggott Character Copy Share Image
“People never outgrow wanting to be liked for being who they truly are, especially when they've grown up in the limelight or… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
Are there books about us or something?” This makes Pressia angry - the idea that this world is a subject of study,… — Julianna Baggott Angry Copy Share Image
“You're a hero here.' 'I don't want to be a hero.' 'What do you want?' 'I want to be a leader.” — Julianna Baggott Hero Copy Share Image
“For the first time in as long as he can remember, El Capitan is proud of his brother. "Damn it, Helmud! Shit!… — Julianna Baggott Brother Copy Share Image
Red Sox fans have been pushed to the brink over the years, but that's how faith grows stronger. — Julianna Baggott Faith Copy Share Image
“[She] knows that it's fear that keeps her love in check. But what if falling in love is a sign not of… — Julianna Baggott Courage Copy Share Image
“She started telling Lyda stories, odd nameless placeless stories, about the man and the woman, myths or memories, perhaps from her own… — Julianna Baggott Storytelling Copy Share Image
I am deeply Catholic and always will be, but I'm no longer a member of the church. I left in 2003 because… — Julianna Baggott Abuse Copy Share Image
I've left the Church - for many reasons that I've written about publicly - but it's still a large part of my… — Julianna Baggott Church Copy Share Image
“How do you know me?" she says. He looks at her through his narrow eyes. "I was," he says. "You were what?"… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
“Now I feel like we weren't made for each other. We're making each other -- into the people we should become.” — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image