77 quotes found
Writer · American · 1963
American writer (born 1963)
“Think about the word destroy. Do you know what it is? De-story. Destroy. Destory. You see. And restore. That's re-story. Do you know that only two things have been proven to help survivors of the H...”
“You have to imagine things before you can do them. Stories help us see.”
“It's important to tell your story. It's important to listen.”
“You always fed strays and bent down to talk to the dogs you met on the street, looking straight into their eyes as if they were old friends. (Maybe they are, you said. From another life.) You liked...”
“People worry so much. Just enjoy your body. That you can love. And you're alive.”
“Life was small but good. (15)”
“The girl in the mirror wasn't who I wanted to be and her life wasn't the one I wanted to have.”
“Once she was standing by her locker and her puka shells broke and scattered and she made a joke about it but he could tell she was upset. He wanted to buy her some more. He wanted to give her a mil...”
“Wish on everything. Pink cars are good, especially old ones. And stars of course, first stars and shooting stars. Planes will do if they are the first light in the sky and look like stars. Wish in ...”
“Under the pink Harlequin sunglasses strawberry dangling charms, and sugar-frosted eyeshadow she was really almost beautiful.”
“Sometimes she wore Levi's with white-suede fringe sewn down the legs and a feathered Indian headdress, sometimes old fifties' taffeta dresses covered with poetry written in glitter, or dresses made...”
“Lex surfed wicked, like the devil. He wasnt afraid of anything, seemed like. He grinned at West as the waves came up toward them like towers of green glass, an emerald city. Were off to see the wiz...”
“If Los Angeles is a woman reclining billboard model and the San Fernando Valley is her teenybopper sister, then New York is their cousin. Her hair is dyed autumn red or aubergine or Egyptian henna,...”
“Writing is very cathartic for me. As a teacher, I hear many students say that writing can be painful and exhausting. It can be, but ultimately I believe that if you push through, the process is hea...”
“My reading and studying and retellings of old stories didn't do anything except help me think better. I was at least thoughtful. Too thoughtful, my friends said. And all I thought about was myths a...”
“Sometimes I wanted to peel away all of my skin and find a different me underneath.”
“I stand here waiting. To disappear or sing.”
“Being a good mother is being a hero. Right?”
“Weetzie could not even cry and make Kleenex roses. She remembered the day her father, Charlie, had driven away in the smashed yellow T-bird, leaving her mother Brandy-Lynn clutching her flowered ro...”
“What sexual preference do you hope she has?” “Happiness.” Isnt that cool?”
