Quote by Emma Donoghue Download Open image ““Pretending to misremember a name was such a reliable way to annoy.”” — Emma Donoghue ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“If my name were Ouch, it would pain me to introduce myself. As it is now, I only find my name mildly tortuous.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“Names are illusions,” he growled. “Nonsensical labels seized upon by people to make them feel better about the intangibility of their puny existences. I… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
“Annoyances are strangely not so annoying when the person responsible has endeared himself to you.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Without expanding on the greater or lesser accuracy of a name which nobody, I should hope, can really be expected to understand, I will… — Gustave Courbet Copy Share Image
“So for the sake of your identity,” she said, “you avoided using your real name, which effectively allowed someone else to use your real… — Joshua Ferris Copy Share Image
“And with a new name came the ultimate alleviation of some gross unspoken responsiblity.” — Rosca Marx Copy Share Image
“The nickname had irritated and pleased her at the same time. It made her feel foolish, but she was aware that in renaming her… — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
“He gave them nicknames, including a series of people he assigned the name Stupid.” — C.J. Chivers Copy Share Image
“And I didn't stop hating my name until many years later, when I realized that it wasn't a name to be ashamed of, but… — Reyna Grande Copy Share Image
“Names were important. You carried your name like a brand. You never lied about it, for fear of angering the god under which you… — Frances Hardinge Copy Share Image
Before I had kids, I thought you should never lie to a kid. But now I've had them, I realize you almost lie to… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
What writing ROOM taught me was that I know exactly how to be the perfect mother, but I'm not willing to do it for… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
With my first book, I was hired to write a draft of the script. I was so young and less confident. They put me… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
...real loneliness is having no one to miss. Think yourself lucky you've known something worth missing. — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
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 is nicer than the opposite situation, but more awkward. You try to remember the protocol for touching. You hate to gush, or presume to much, yet you are unwilling to let the moment pass without… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share
“When I was as young as you are now I learned how to save my own life.” — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
“In Room me and Ma had time for everything. I guess the time gets spread very thin like butter all over the world, the… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I am clumsy, a late and nervous driver, and despise all sports except a little gentle dancing or yoga. — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
“I looked in my mirror and saw, not myself, but every place I'd never been.” — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
