Every day Quote by Carol Shields

“Dreaming her way backward in time, resurrecting images, the young girl realized, with wonder, that the absent are always present, that you don't make…

— Carol Shields

“He wondered exactly how lost a person could get. Lost at sea, lost in the woods. Fatally lost.”

— Carol Shields

“Dorrie gave Larry's hand an excited, distracted squeeze that said: almost home. They were about to be matter-of-factly claimed by familiar streets and houses…

— Carol Shields

nothing she did or said was quite what she meant but still her life could be called a monument shaped in a slant of…

— Carol Shields

So this is where the years of maturity deliver us - to this needy, selfish, unwieldy wish to be somebody else's first and primal…

— Carol Shields

In a long and healthy life, which is what most of us have, there is plenty of time.

— Carol Shields

“This was during a period in my reading life when I was given to understand that "relating" to the fictional characters or situation was…

— Carol Shields

Open a book this minute and start reading. Don’t move until you’ve reached page fifty. Until you’ve buried your thoughts in print. Cover yourself…

— Carol Shields

A woman's life isn't worth a plateful of cabbage if she hasn't felt life stir under her heart. Taking a little one to nurse,…

— Carol Shields

“I won't even mention the swift, transitory reward of lemon spray wax. Danielle Westerman and I have discussed the matter of housework. Not surprisingly,…

— Carol Shields

“A Canadian journalist named Pinky Fulham was killed when a soft drinks vending machine overturned, crushing him.”

— Carol Shields

“Men, it seemed to me in those days, were uniquely honored by the stories that erupted in their lives, whereas women were more likely…

— Carol Shields