Kissing a witch is a perilous business. Everybody knows it's ten times as dangerous as letting her touch your hand, or cut your hair, or steal your shoes. What simpler way is there than a kiss to give power a way into your heart?
Everybody's damaged by something. - Emma Donoghue
Everybody's damaged by something.
- Emma Donoghue
I found motherhood a crash course in existentialism (what is my purpose in life, am I mistress or slave of my destiny, when the hell do I get some sl… - Emma Donoghue
I found motherhood a crash course in existentialism (what is my purpose in life, am I mistress or slave of my destiny, when the hell do I get some sl…
The great thing about a short story is that it doesn't have to trawl through someone's whole life; it can come in glancingly from the side. - Emma Donoghue
The great thing about a short story is that it doesn't have to trawl through someone's whole life; it can come in glancingly from the side.
It’s called mind over matter. If we don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” When a bit of me hurts, I always mind. - Emma Donoghue
It’s called mind over matter. If we don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” When a bit of me hurts, I always mind.
The sound of the pages turning was the sound of magic. The dry liquid feel of paper under fingertips was what magic felt like. - Emma Donoghue
The sound of the pages turning was the sound of magic. The dry liquid feel of paper under fingertips was what magic felt like.
Stories are a different kind of true. - Emma Donoghue
Stories are a different kind of true.
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 more th… - Emma Donoghue
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 more th…
I remember manners, that's when people are scared to make other persons mad. - Emma Donoghue
I remember manners, that's when people are scared to make other persons mad.
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. - Emma Donoghue
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.
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