“To be a fiction writer was to be a liar. But in small doses, in her imagination, in words on a page. Those lies didn't really exist when no one else read them but her.” ImaginationFictionLiesWriter Book:The Greatest Lie of All Source: The Greatest Lie of All
“I am good at keeping secrets. I am wrapped in them now, the way I am wrapped in lies, like my sweater, clinging tightly to my skin, even on the hottest of days.” LiesSecrets Book:Margot Source: Margot
“And that is one of the worst things about this life. As a liar, a pretend person, you cannot really truly ever be someone's friend. My American life, it is lonely. Often, it is very, very lonely.” FriendshipLonelinessLies Book:Margot Source: Margot
“My lying is a second skin by now, so easy to forget it's there, so I don't always remember that lying is actually an art, and those who aren't meticulous about it are easily exposed.” LiesHiding The Truth Book:Margot Source: Margot
“My violin connects my present and my past, my dreams and my reality. My fingers move nimbly over the strings, my mind forgetting all I’ve lost or forgotten. There is only the music that is my constant companion. Nothing but the music. Not Stuart. Not Max. Not now. Not the past, either.” TimeLossMusic Book:In Another Time Source: In Another Time
“That's what writing fiction was, wasn't it? Processing your own life, answering all those questions in any way you wanted to, since fictional worlds operated with their own language and their own rules and their own timelines. They offered their own answers.” LifeAnswersFictionAuthorWriterStory Book:The Fiction Writer Source: The Fiction Writer
“My father always seems to think greatness and money are the same thing, but you know what I think greatness is?" "What?" I ask. "Being brave, like Miss Korzynski. Doing something that no one else has dared to do before you. Finding something that terrifies you and then doing it anyway.” GreatnessBravery Book:Margot Source: Margot