I know that sometimes when you are really worried about something, it ends up not being nearly as bad as you think… — Laura Moriarty Being silly Copy Share Image
I don't think I've ever tried on a corset, though a certain bridesmaid's dress did require a torturous bustier that will stay… — Laura Moriarty Bridesmaids Copy Share Image
“They were still out on the sidewalk of West Eighty-sixth Street, the taxi pulling way, when Louise put down her travel bag,… — Laura Moriarty New york city Copy Share Image
“She wondered when her daughter would realise that for the most part, people weren't that different. Young and old, male or female,… — Laura Moriarty Children Copy Share Image
You could push people away, past their limits, even accidentally, and then it was just too late to get them back — Laura Moriarty Limits Copy Share Image
“Eileen says what they should really do, if they want to be fair about it, is offer a Bible study class for… — Laura Moriarty Bible study Copy Share Image
Yes, Louise Brooks was beautiful and intelligent, and she could be very funny, but obviously there was a deep insecurity there, a… — Laura Moriarty Beautiful Copy Share Image
“Schopenhauer writes about marriage. He says getting married is like grasping blind into a sack of snakes and hoping to find an… — Laura Moriarty Getting married Copy Share Image
“You don't belong here if you are unhappy," she continued. "Your mother makes you hateful, and you make her hateful. It doesn't… — Laura Moriarty Happiness Copy Share Image
My mother says that when Mrs. Rowley is mean, which is generally the case, it is really because she is just unhappy,… — Laura Moriarty Blame Copy Share Image
“Men don’t want candy that’s been unwrapped. Maybe for a lark, but not when it comes to marriage. It may still be… — Laura Moriarty Marriage Copy Share Image
“She was every Cora she'd ever been: Cora X, Cora Kaufmann, Cora Carlisle. She was an orphan on a roof, a lucky… — Laura Moriarty Children Copy Share Image
“Well,” Leigh said, because there was nothing else. She looked back at the picture of herself and Pam in the blue dresses.… — Laura Moriarty Blue dress Copy Share Image
The young can exasperate, of course, and frighten, and condescend, and insult, and cut you with their still unrounded edges. But they… — Laura Moriarty Cutting Copy Share Image
One way to remain unfinished is to stop. the other is to go on. — Laura Moriarty Goes on Copy Share Image
“Was it mad to at least try to live as one wished, or as clost to it as possible? This life is… — Laura Moriarty Good luck Copy Share Image
“she also knew that the sadness she felt while pregnant, for strangers, for the entire world, did not feel like hormones so… — Laura Moriarty Empathy Copy Share Image
This life is mine because of good luck. And because I reached out and took it. — Laura Moriarty Good luck Copy Share Image
I learned a lot of details about 1920s clothes, cars, kitchen appliances, and food. I had a character eating peanut butter in… — Laura Moriarty Appliances Copy Share Image
Someone needs to give the Pope thirteen babies. Just for a week or so. See how he likes no birth control then. — Laura Moriarty Baby Copy Share Image
The thing that got me about the Orphan Trains was that the experiences were so varied. Some of the kids went from… — Laura Moriarty Adopted Copy Share Image
