--- title: "4 m.j. hyland Quotes - Famous Writer" description: "English novelist... | Maria Joan Hyland is an ex-lawyer and the author of three novels: How the Light Gets In (2004), Carry Me Down (2006) and This Is H..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b031/author-m-j-hyland-68030.jpg" --- ![Portrait of m.j. hyland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b031/author-m-j-hyland-68030.jpg) # m.j. hyland (1968) Writer **4** quotes in **8** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet m.j. hyland is a writer. ## Quick Facts About m.j. hyland Born June 6, 1968 Profession Writer ## About m.j. hyland English novelist... \| Maria Joan Hyland is an ex-lawyer and the author of three novels: How the Light Gets In (2004), Carry Me Down (2006) and This Is How (2009). Hyland is a lecturer in creative writing at the Manchester Centre for New Writing. Carry Me Down was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won the Hawthornd ## Quotes by m.j. hyland > [“I like him and I wonder what I would be like if I had a different father.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-j-hyland/i-like-him-and-i-wonder-what-i-would-be-like-if-i-had-a-different/) m.j. hyland [Father](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/father/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad7/m-j-hyland-68030_father_i-like-him-and-i-wonder-what-i-would-be_264552.png) > [“I write that I will learn a language and take up the piano. Margaret can teach me. This might help her get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-j-hyland/i-write-that-i-will-learn-a-language-and-take-up-the-piano-margaret/) M.J. Hyland [Education](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/education/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf9/m-j-hyland-68030_education_i-write-that-i-will-learn-a-language-and_1395704.jpg) > [“It is always sad when two people have been thinking the same thing at the same moment and neither can find a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-j-hyland/it-is-always-sad-when-two-people-have-been-thinking-the-same-thing-at/) M.J. Hyland [Thinking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1f/m-j-hyland-68030_thinking_it-is-always-sad-when-two-people-have-be_2301501.png) > [“She said she was breaking up with me because I didn't know how to express my emotions. The thing is, I didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-j-hyland/she-said-she-was-breaking-up-with-me-because-i-didn-t-know-how-to/) M.J. Hyland [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/585/m-j-hyland-68030_laughed_she-said-she-was-breaking-up-with-me-bec_2594939.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-j-hyland/#itemlist", "name": "m.j. hyland Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I like him and I wonder what I would be like if I had a different father.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "m.j. hyland" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-j-hyland/i-like-him-and-i-wonder-what-i-would-be-like-if-i-had-a-different/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad7/m-j-hyland-68030_father_i-like-him-and-i-wonder-what-i-would-be_264552.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad7/m-j-hyland-68030_father_i-like-him-and-i-wonder-what-i-would-be_264552.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad7/m-j-hyland-68030_father_i-like-him-and-i-wonder-what-i-would-be_264552.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I like him and I wonder what I would be like if I had a different father.” — m.j. hyland", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I write that I will learn a language and take up the piano. 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