33 Quotes by Jennifer Gilmore

You think the worst is behind you, but it's never behind you. In fact, saying something is the worst does not leave room for all the bad stuff that can follow it. You say the pain is nine, but you mean ten. You leave room.

Sometimes you stop seeing what the person is to the world. You only see what the person is to you.

While I am very much Jewish 'identified,' I'm not a very religious person.

What is it about the blank page that makes me want to hurl myself into a game of solitaire? I ask myself these kinds of questions while I'm playing solitaire.

The birth mother is placing the baby out of love. I still believe that. Well, the ones weve dealt with who were actually pregnant, anyway.

Publishing in a way doesn't have a lot to do with writing, and writing doesn't have a lot to do with publishing.

I'm a morning person: if I don't get up, put the coffee on and get to my desk by 8, the day has already lost a lot of its promise.

I want to say that, in general, when it works, open adoption is great.

I really don't feel that writing is therapy.