168 Quotes by Julianna Baggott

A wave could crash down on an individual and sweep them out to sea. But if we stand together, we buoy up and then down. It’s but a ripple.

It’s not that I bounce ideas off of my children as much as it is that having children has had a profound effect on the way I see the world. They have mined my soul. They’ve made me a better person and therefore a more empathetic writer.

Will you be my wife forever? Here and now and beyond all of this?

I’m about to start something new. I’m waiting to be whelmed. The whelming as you start something new is quite something.

I feel too much. It’s like being drummed to death from within. You know?

But there it is: Everyone is alone, for life, and maybe that’s not such a bad thing.

You think you’ll fall in love again one day?” He straightens Partridge’s bow tie. “I sure as hell hope not.

Writers are socially observant. We find people endlessly fascinating, and real life is mysterious. Sometimes it’s hard to stop staring at the strut and squawk of my fellow man. They can be quite inspiring. Sometimes it’s hard to stop talking to them to see what in the world they’re thinking.

It’s not the first time in his life he’s felt like a man.