“Because the South can be a dangerous place, especially for those who don’t understand it.” — Shannon Celebi Copy Share Image
“When I was twenty-something, I asked my father, “When did you start feeling like a grownup?” His response: “Never.” — Shannon Celebi Coming of age Copy Share Image
“My sister and I are so close that we finish each other’s sentences and often wonder who’s memories belong to whom.” — Shannon Celebi Copy Share Image
“Amber Rorman had told me too that our third grade teacher, Ms. Lizetti, was really a lesbian, which I thought was a… — Shannon Celebi Gay Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t as if she’d thought it through or anything, how what a person wanted wasn’t always what they needed, and what… — Shannon Celebi Heart Copy Share Image
“I long for some connection, to the real and those who love them, and hope that my fiction can reach beyond the… — Shannon Celebi Connection Copy Share Image
“I’m sorry if...I get too personal, if I make you uncomfortable, but writing is like one of the seven deadly sins, like… — Shannon Celebi Deadly sins Copy Share Image
“I am forever an advocate of books, both the reading of them and the writing. There is something sacred to me in… — Shannon Celebi Advocate Copy Share Image
