Julie Schumacher

Believing in books is a lot like believing in God.

— Julie Schumacher

“Are you going to redye it?" "No. My mother hates it, so I'm going to keep it," I said.”

— Julie Schumacher

My mother says that some books are good no matter when you read them, and some are good at a particular moment;…

— Julie Schumacher

“To me, a recently read novel was like a miniature planet: only a few hours earlier I had been breathing its air…

— Julie Schumacher

“A drowning person doesn't rescue herself.”

— Julie Schumacher

I had just wanted to be part of a story; I wanted to be a person who had a story to tell.

— Julie Schumacher

“Any person who is carrying a lot of sadness needs to be able to rest sometimes, and to put it down.”

— Julie Schumacher

“I thought about the people I had met who were in pain but were pretending that everything was fine. And I thought,…

— Julie Schumacher

I love to sleep. My astrological sign is the sloth.

— Julie Schumacher

“Boredom is why God invented books.”

— Julie Schumacher

Opening a book in the middle of a chapter always made me feel like I was interrupting a group of strangers, wandering…

— Julie Schumacher

“There is something absent in me, I thought. Something incomplete. Even my mother couldn't describe me. There was something empty in me…

— Julie Schumacher

“The poor misguided soul described me as generous, “a champion for the department and particularly its students”; he went on to say…

— Julie Schumacher

Talking to a therapist, I thought, was like taking your clothes off and then taking your skin off, and then having the…

— Julie Schumacher

“October 16, 2009 Avengers Paintball, Inc. 1778 Industrial Blvd. Lakeville, MN 55044 Esteemed Avengers, This letter recommends Mr. Allen Trent for a…

— Julie Schumacher

“February 2, 2010—Groundhog Day Addistar Network, Inc. Bridget Maslow, HR [email protected] Dear Ms. Maslow: Though I prefer to send letters of recommendation…

— Julie Schumacher

“We can't stick together if we're going to different places," CeeCee said.”

— Julie Schumacher

“...And as if she had opened a hidden door, I felt the patterned surface break and give way, and the words let…

— Julie Schumacher

“Unknown meaning, I thought. That was me.”

— Julie Schumacher

“The intriguing thing about playing Scrabble is that as soon as the board is set up in front of me, I don't…

— Julie Schumacher

“By the way, I'm not usually attracted to danger," I said. "Up until now I've led a pretty boring life." "Boredom is…

— Julie Schumacher

“I would outlaw literature exams entirely; I would also eschew the twin barbarities of 'attendance' and 'participation' as grading criteria, necessitated by…

— Julie Schumacher

“Do you want to stand here talking about the car, or are you going to get in it?" CeeCee asked. I was…

— Julie Schumacher

“Depression is an illness, and no fault of the person who suffers from it”

— Julie Schumacher