154 Quotes by Miriam Toews

I love road trips. You get into this Zen rhythm; throw sense of time out the window.

It's raining questions around here. A person could drown in them.

I had a thought, on the way home from the rock field, that the things we don't know about a person are the things that make them human, and it made me feel sad to think that, but sad in that reassuring way that some sadness has, a sadness that says welcome home in twelve different languages.

I learned another thing, which is that just because someone is eating the ashes of your protagonist doesn't mean you stop telling the story.

Is it wrong to trust in a beautiful lie if it helps you get through life?

This is a cliche, but in fiction, I feel it is easier for me to get to some sort of truth, some kind of more honest writing.

A lot of times, people think that it doesn't make sense for people to be depressed when they have everything, a loving husband, a successful career, fame and fortune. I wanted to make this point that profound despair can strike anybody.

All the books I've read, I've read at the right moment.

I had a thought, on the way home from the rock field, that the things we don’t know about a person are the things that make them human, and it made me feel sad to think that, but sad in that reassuring way that some sadness has, a sadness that says welcome home in twelve different languages.