My mother says that when Mrs. Rowley is mean, which is generally the case, it is really because she is just unhappy, and who could blame her with a husband like that . . . She says this is really the only reason people are ever mean--they have something hurting inside of them, a claw of unhappiness scratching at their hearts, and it hurts them so much that sometimes they have to push it right out of their mouths to scratch someone else, just to give themselves a rest, a moment of relief.
This is how it is now. This is my life. - Laura Moriarty
This is how it is now. This is my life.
- Laura Moriarty
The young can exasperate, of course, and frighten, and condescend, and insult, and cut you with their still unrounded edges. But they can also drag y… - Laura Moriarty
The young can exasperate, of course, and frighten, and condescend, and insult, and cut you with their still unrounded edges. But they can also drag y…
You could push people away, past their limits, even accidentally, and then it was just too late to get them back - Laura Moriarty
You could push people away, past their limits, even accidentally, and then it was just too late to get them back
Worrying was painful .... but compared to the alternative, a privilege - Laura Moriarty
Worrying was painful .... but compared to the alternative, a privilege
This life is mine because of good luck. And because I reached out and took it. - Laura Moriarty
This life is mine because of good luck. And because I reached out and took it.
Someone needs to give the Pope thirteen babies. Just for a week or so. See how he likes no birth control then. - Laura Moriarty
Someone needs to give the Pope thirteen babies. Just for a week or so. See how he likes no birth control then.
I learned a lot of details about 1920s clothes, cars, kitchen appliances, and food. I had a character eating peanut butter in one scene until I learn… - Laura Moriarty
I learned a lot of details about 1920s clothes, cars, kitchen appliances, and food. I had a character eating peanut butter in one scene until I learn…
It's like swimming, underwater, this whole year. I just close my eyes. hold my breath, and keep kicking. - Laura Moriarty
It's like swimming, underwater, this whole year. I just close my eyes. hold my breath, and keep kicking.
I am supposed to be where I go. - Laura Moriarty
I am supposed to be where I go.
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