70 Quotes by Jaclyn Moriarty

If you're bored tonight why don't you write down everything that comes to mind when you hear the word toothpaste?

Who knows if all our brains are inventing the same thing? I mean, how do we know that the thing YOUR eyes see and call "red" is the same thing that I call "red"?

There was something in the moonlight tonight. It was stroking the stonework and spires, leaning into cracks between the cobblestones, caressing the stained-glass windows. She felt her heart lift with magic.

You're making me nervous by being so weird. But your weirdness is what I like about you.

When she got back from taking Cassie to school Fancy knew that she ought to be working on her wilderness romance. She had promised thirty thousand words to her editor by tomorrow, and she had only written eleven. Specifically: His rhinoceros smelled like a poppadom: sweaty, salty, strange and strong.Her editor would cut that line.

The world is made of more than particles. It's made of things you can't hold in your hand, like fear, love, loss, hope, truth.

I feel like people are always speaking with their eyes, their bodies, their hands, gestures, intonation, and their words - only mostly all we hear are the words. And the words get in the way. So if we just spoke with our eyes we might get closer to the truth.

How about we meet at midnight tomorrow and try this. I close my eyes, believe in you, and there you'll be.

It's tricky being shy. You blame yourself for it, and other people blame you too.