“Had she never been hungry enough to eat a flower? Did she not know that you could eat daisies, daylilies, pansies, and marigolds? That hungry enough, a person could consume the bright faces of violas, even the stems of dandelions and the bitter hips of roses?” KnowsLifePersonsEnoughFacesFlowerRoseHungryBitterHipsStemDaisiesDandelionsViolaPansiesMarigolds Book:The Orphan Master's Son Source: The Orphan Master's Son
“I know it really sounds cheesy, but I did feel a duty to try to tell the stories of people who couldn't speak for themselves.” PeopleKnowsFeelsTryingStoriesSpeakSoundDutyCheesy Author:Adam Johnson
“Writing is hard work, and if anything's true about the process, it's that fact that a good story is hard to find and even trickier to get on paper. What's less romantic than staring alone at a blank screen? And edgy? I've changed the cat little because I didn't know what my characters were going to say next.” IfsKnowsWritingLittlesHardCharacterFactsStoriesNextProcessChangedHard WorkPaperCatScreensStaringBlankGood StoryEdgyI've Changed Author:Adam Johnson
“In my experience, ghosts are made up only of the living, people you know are out there but are forever out of range” PeopleKnowsMadeForeverGhostRange Author:Adam Johnson
