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One Quotes by Emma Donoghue
- Every parent has those moments where they look at their child and think, 'There's a demon in those eyes and no one can see it…
- I'm really not one of these procrastinators who cleans the house in order to put off writing, but life gets in the way.
- Identity politics are wearisome; you don't want to go on speaking for any one group as a writer.
- You're meant to have an unhappy childhood to be a writer, but there's a lot to be said for a very happy one that just…
- Goodbye, Room." I wave up at Skylight. "Say goodbye," I tell Ma. "Goodbye, Room." Ma says it but on mute. I look back one more…
- Ma's still nodding. "You're the one who matters, though. Just you." I shake my head till it's wobbling because there's no just me.
- I look back one more time. It's like a crater, a hole where something happened.
- We're standing on the deck that's all wooden like the deck of a ship. There's fuzz on it, little bundles. Grandma says it's some kind…
- Me and Ma have a deal, we're going to try everything one time so we know what we like.
- At the door, there was one of those moment when two people realize that they like each other more than they know each other. This…
- ...real loneliness is having no one to miss. Think yourself lucky you've known something worth missing.
- Writing stories is my way of scratching that itch: my escape from the claustrophobia of individuality. It lets me, at least for a while, live…
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