18 Quotes by Jennifer Clement

Dreaming is cheap. It doesn't cost a thing. In dreams you don't have to pay the bills or pay the rent. In dreams you can buy a house and be loved back.

We lived a dot-to-dot life, never thinking too much about the future.

The refrigerator was one of the main things my mother prayed to. She said that a cold beer could make you love a refrigerator.

To have a man kiss you in a women’s jail is a gift better than any birthday or Christmas present. It’s better than a bouquet of roses. It’s better than a warm shower. I could imagine living in this jail for years and living for every workshop day and that male kiss on my cheek. That kiss was rain, sunshine, and the sweet air of outside. Yes. I knew I’d even sit there and glue stupid things onto cardboard sheets just to get that kiss again.

After you’ve worked in a hotel, there’s nothing about human nature you don’t know.

I realized that a book can reach out and embrace you like an arm and make you walk away from you thought you understood.

Dreaming is cheap. It doesn’t cost a thing. In dreams you don’t have to pay the bills or pay the rent. In dreams you can buy a house and be loved back.

She told me to tell you love is not a feeling. It’s a sacrifice.

You think you get a dose of tragedy and that’s that. You think it can’t get any worse and that you’re saved now. But tragedy is not like medicine. You don’t get a dose like a pill or a spoonful. Tragedy always kicks in.