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Emma Donoghue Quotes

The idea was to focus on the primal drama of parenthood: the way from moment to moment you swing from comforter to tormentor, just as kids simultaneously light up our lives and drive us nuts. I was trying to capture that strange, bipolar quality of parenthood. For all that being a parent is normal statistically, it’s not normal psychologically. It produces some of the most extreme emotions you’ll ever have Picture Quote #1

She leaped into space, high, higher than she’d ever been in her life. She came down with a clean snap, and the crowd scattered like birds from the swing of her feet Picture Quote #1

Once I spent a whole day there, a blade of grass in each hand to anchor me to the warm earth. I watched the sun rise, pass over my head and set. Ladybirds mated on my knuckle; a shrew nibbled a hole in my stocking while I tried not to laugh. Such a day was worth any punishment Picture Quote #1

Change for your own sake, if you must, not for what you imagine another will ask of you Picture Quote #1

I am clumsy, a late and nervous driver, and despise all sports except a little gentle dancing or yoga Picture Quote #1

I think it would be a shame for any writer to let their publishers in any way corral them into a single genre Picture Quote #1

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I’m really not one of these procrastinators who cleans the house in order to put off writing, but life gets in the way Picture Quote #1

For all that being a parent is normal statistically, it’s not normal psychologically. It produces some of the most extreme emotions you’ll ever have Picture Quote #1

Identity politics are wearisome; you don’t want to go on speaking for any one group as a writer Picture Quote #1

You cannot predict literary success; the only way you can possibly aim for it is to do your thing and do it well Picture Quote #1

You’re meant to have an unhappy childhood to be a writer, but there’s a lot to be said for a very happy one that just lets you get on with it Picture Quote #1

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? Picture Quote #1

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The idea was to focus on the primal drama of parenthood: the way from moment to moment you swing from comforter to tormentor, just as kids simultaneously light up our lives and drive us nuts. I was trying to capture that strange, bipolar quality of parenthood. For all that being a parent is normal statistically, it’s not normal psychologically. It produces some of the most extreme emotions you’ll ever have (Emma Donoghue Quotes) She leaped into space, high, higher than she’d ever been in her life. She came down with a clean snap, and the crowd scattered like birds from the swing of her feet (Emma Donoghue Quotes) Once I spent a whole day there, a blade of grass in each hand to anchor me to the warm earth. I watched the sun rise, pass over my head and set. Ladybirds mated on my knuckle; a shrew nibbled a hole in my stocking while I tried not to laugh. Such a day was worth any punishment (Emma Donoghue Quotes) Change for your own sake, if you must, not for what you imagine another will ask of you (Emma Donoghue Quotes) I am clumsy, a late and nervous driver, and despise all sports except a little gentle dancing or yoga (Emma Donoghue Quotes) I think it would be a shame for any writer to let their publishers in any way corral them into a single genre (Emma Donoghue Quotes) I’m really not one of these procrastinators who cleans the house in order to put off writing, but life gets in the way (Emma Donoghue Quotes) For all that being a parent is normal statistically, it’s not normal psychologically. It produces some of the most extreme emotions you’ll ever have (Emma Donoghue Quotes) Identity politics are wearisome; you don’t want to go on speaking for any one group as a writer (Emma Donoghue Quotes) You cannot predict literary success; the only way you can possibly aim for it is to do your thing and do it well (Emma Donoghue Quotes) You’re meant to have an unhappy childhood to be a writer, but there’s a lot to be said for a very happy one that just lets you get on with it (Emma Donoghue Quotes) 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? (Emma Donoghue Quotes)

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