Beating yourself Quote by Maggie Shipstead

“No number of compliments will convince her of anything, and one of Jacob’s projects in their marriage is to wean her off perfectionism.”

— Maggie Shipstead

“a voice that signaled he was being kind but not sincere.”

— Maggie Shipstead

If you get discouraged about a section of a novel, that can be more catastrophic than getting discouraged about an individual story.

— Maggie Shipstead

Told with rare honesty, My Accidental Jihad is the story of Krista Bremer's lifelong quest for insight and understanding, a search that leads her…

— Maggie Shipstead

With impeccable prose, dry wit, and uncommon wisdom, Ted Thompson brings to life one family's painful disappointments and powerful resilience. The Land of Steady…

— Maggie Shipstead

I think I'm someone who can prattle on a long time about something, which serves me well as a novelist, but it's the enemy…

— Maggie Shipstead

“The flowers, the candles, the easy swing of the music, his daughter's perfectly made-up face, her artfully arranged hair, the swell of her pregnancy…

— Maggie Shipstead

Novels definitely come more naturally to me. When I write short stories, it's always a fight against it expanding.

— Maggie Shipstead

“Marriage is difficult, perhaps the most difficult thing you can ever do, besides being a parent, but I think these two fine young people…

— Maggie Shipstead

“He let go, releasing her into a life of her own making.”

— Maggie Shipstead

“What do I do?’ she had asked Harry. ‘What do I do now? Everything is ruined. You’ve ruined everything.’ ‘That you think that,” he’d…

— Maggie Shipstead

“Ordinarily, her love affairs are entered into skittishly, sometimes reluctantly. She doesn't dive into bed but flutters in like a wayward moth.”

— Maggie Shipstead