Jennifer McMahon quotes

“Sometimes what a person needs most is to be forgiven.”
-- Jennifer McMahon

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“I've lived here ... my whole life. It's where I lost all my baby teeth. Where tiny hamster, gerbil, and bird skeletons lie in rotted-out cardboard coffins beneath the oak tree in our backyard. Also where, if some future archaeologist goes digging, they'll find the remains of a plush toy: a gray terrier named Toto I buried after the accident.”
-- Jennifer McMahon

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“Storytelling wasn't about making things up. It was more like inviting the stories to come through her, let themselves be told.”
-- Jennifer McMahon

Source : Jennifer McMahon (2011). “Don't Breathe a Word: A Novel”, p.34, Harper Collins

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“Ain't no point worrying about what's been or what's gonna be. You just gotta do your best right now. And trust everyone else is doing the same.”
-- Jennifer McMahon

#Worry Quotes

“...they were exactly what the other needed; the missing piece that made everything else magically click into place.”
-- Jennifer McMahon

Source : Jennifer McMahon (2011). “Don't Breathe a Word: A Novel”, p.18, Harper Collins

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“The world was full of dangers now that she was pregnant: mercury in tuna, hot tubs, beer, secondhand smoke, over-the-counter medicine. Not to mention crazy baby-abducting fairy kings.”
-- Jennifer McMahon

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“All great heroes have a flaw. It's one of the things that makes them heroes.”
-- Jennifer McMahon

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“What if things happened to you—special, magic things—because you’d been preparing for them?”
-- Jennifer McMahon

Source : Jennifer McMahon (2011). “Don't Breathe a Word: A Novel”, p.33, Harper Collins

#What If Quotes #Magic Quotes #Special Quotes

“If snow melts down to water, does it still remember being snow?”
-- Jennifer McMahon

Source : Jennifer McMahon (2014). “The Winter People: A Novel”, p.22, Anchor

#Snow Quotes #Water Quotes #Doe Quotes

“Thus let bygones be bygones. Let past differences, as nothing be.”

“I am slow to listen to criminations among friends, and never espouse their quarrels on either side. My sincere wish is that both sides will allow bygones to be bygones, and look to the present & future only.”

“To err is human; to forgive people and yourself for poor behavior is to be sensible and realistic.”

“Lack of forgiveness of others breeds lack of self-forgiveness.”

“Not just Christians and Jews, but also Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and the followers of many other religions believe in values like peace, respect, tolerance and dignity. These are values that bring people together and enable us to build responsible and solid communities.”

“For though we often need to be restored to the small, concrete, limited, and certain, we as often need to be reminded of the large, vague, unlimited, unknown”

Source : A. R. Ammons (1996). “Set in motion: essays, interviews, and dialogues”, Univ of Michigan Pr

“I cannot bear not to know the end of a tale. I will read the most trivial things – once commenced – only out of a feverish greed to be able to swallow the ending – sweet or sour – and to be done with what I need never have embarked on. Are you in my case? Or are you a more discriminating reader? Do you lay aside the unprofitable?”

“Read. As much as you can. As deeply and widely and nourishingly and ­irritatingly as you can. And the good things will make you remember them, so you won't need to take notes.”

Source : "Ten rules for writing fiction" by A.L. Kennedy, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

“We're enamored with the concept that there's always a price. But sometimes, your goal is to build a great company, not sell it.”

“Sometimes what we want isn't what's best for us - Della”

Source : Abbi Glines (2013). “Simple Perfection: A Novel”, p.43, Simon and Schuster