New things Quote by Rachel Simon

“How things are comprehended changes them.”

— Steven Redhead

“Since then she had changed so much in her thoughts, in her ways, even in her looks, that she might wonder she knew herself--except…

— Willa Cather

“Remember, when we're lost in a story, we're not passively reading about something that's happening to someone else.”

— Lisa Cron

“She is no longer sure that people are always improved by what they read. Furthermore, she is not sure that writers who venture into…

— J.M. Coetzee

“She feared that she’d missed something, because there were so many parallels with her own story, and she could not help but see in…

— Chris Bohjalian

“Things changed. Things that defined your life altered and shifted while you weren't paying attention. Sometimes you didn't even notice until you missed them.”

— Jean Reynolds Page

“She wondered if she was in the midst of an anecdote that, for reasons of proximity, she was not yet able to perceive.”

— Carrie Fisher

“She imagined the reading she did now as like climbing inside one of those deep old beds she'd seen in a museum, with a…

— Tessa Hadley

“It seemed to me that these months of watching and listening, second-guessing words and phrases, seeking so much that was new, had somehow changed…

— Sara Sheridan

“You don't realize your story is changing you until you look back.”

— Donald Miller

“Sometimes people did this, closed their eyes for a few seconds and imagined it gave them insights into what it was like to be…

— April Henry

“Read to refresh your mind.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita