Mallory Whiteduck > Mallory's Quotes

“There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“Walking. I am listening to a deeper way. Suddenly all my ancestors are behind me. Be still, they say. Watch and listen. You are the result of the love of thousands.”
― Linda Hogan

“There ought to be one place you thought about and knew about and maybe longed for--but never did get to see.”
― Alice Munro, Family Furnishings: Selected Stories, 1995-2014

“So if you're going to write about race, you have to make sure it's so lyrical and subtle that the reader who doesn't read between the lines won't even know it's about race.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah

“This is a double cruelty: that everything else keeps living, that the spinning earth does not pause for even an instant in its trip around the sun.”
― Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See

“She exists in me now, just as I will and already do within my grandchildren. No one ever truly dies. The desires of our hearts make a path. We create legacy with our thoughts and dreams.”
― Joy Harjo, Crazy Brave

“The truth about stories is, that's all we are.”
― Thomas King