Quotes by Kim Edwards

“Think of it, Dad. What if I have it in me to do that, and I don't try?”

“The world beyond the water was a blue of green and stone and blue. A moment later Yoshi pushed through, the water pouring down in sheets so smooth it looked like glass, and stepped into the calm [p...”

“You don't want to engage in road rage when the person in the next car might be your child's future teacher or your dentist's father.”

“My first job was in a nursing home - a terrible place in retrospect. It was in an old house, and the residents were so lonely. People rarely visited them. I only stayed there a couple of months, bu...”

“Many Lexington natives believe they live in a special place, one impossible to leave. I'm not so sure about that - or it's more accurate to say I think a more general truth exists beneath it: the p...”

“Each letter has a shape, she told them, one shape in the world and no other, and it is your responsibility to make it perfect.”

“You're right, Norah, anything can happen, anytime. But what goes wrong isn't your fault. You can't spend the rest of your life tiptoeing around to try and avert disaster. It won't work. You'll just...”

“You don't know when you are immersed in a book what the reaction to it will be, but I feel great about 'The Lake of Dreams.'”

“I lived for two years in Odawara, a castle town an hour outside of Tokyo, near the sea. It's a beautiful place, and I drew on my experiences there when writing 'The Lake of Dreams.'”

“'The Lake of Dreams' grew gradually, over many years, elements and ideas accruing until they gained enough critical mass to become a novel.”