20 Quotes by Jael McHenry

  • Author Jael McHenry
  • Quote

    Maybe I would get along with everyone if I only saw them for three hours once a week. My mother, my sister, they were always around too much. There were too many opportunities for me to screw things up. Dad I saw less, and he liked me more. There could be a connection.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Jael McHenry
  • Quote

    I don't have to move into Amanda's house to be present in her family. Even though I'm not there physically all the time, I want them to have something that says, 'I'm out here. I'm okay. I love you.' I want them to bite into a cookie, and think of me, and smile. Food is love. Food has a power. I knew it in my mind, but now I know it in my heart.

  • Tags
  • Share


  • Author Jael McHenry
  • Quote

    I find the title How to Be Good. Curious, I open it up. I'm disappointed to find it's fiction.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Jael McHenry
  • Quote

    there is something intriguing about knowing how things are going to turn out, but being constantly surprised about how they'll get there.

  • Tags
  • Share



  • Author Jael McHenry
  • Quote

    This is the way I’ve always been. I think of the answer long after the person asking the question has lost interest and walked away.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Jael McHenry
  • Quote

    I preferred to think of myself as a cat. If I think of my behavior as cat behavior instead of people behavior, it pretty much always makes sense.

  • Tags
  • Share