Quotessence
Home / Authors / Meg Wolitzer
Meg Wolitzer

Meg Wolitzer Quotes

Writer

Filter quotes by topic

AllPeopleNeedsWantedBookChildrenKnowsLittlesIfsWayWorldHappensIdeasLoveMadeNovelSexStillsTalentThinkingWant

Famous Meg Wolitzer Quotes

“And I also know that pain can seem like an endless ribbon. You pull it and you pull it. You keep gathering it toward you, and as it collects, you really can't believe that there's something else at the end of it. Something that isn't just more pain. But there's always something else at the end; something at least a little different. You never know what that thing will be, but it's there.”

KnowsBelieveLittlesDifferentEndsSeemsPainEndlessGatheringRibbons
Book:Belzhar
Create image

“You stayed around your children as long as you could, inhaling the ambient gold shavings of their childhood, and at the last minute you tried to see them off into life and hoped that the little piece of time you’d given them was enough to prevent them from one day feeling lonely and afraid and hopeless. You wouldn’t know the outcome for a long time.”

KnowsChildrenLittlesLongEnoughFeelingsLastsGivenPiecesChildhoodMinutesOne DayLong TimeLonelyGoldYour ChildrenOutcomesHopelessFeeling LonelyLast MinuteShavingAmbient
Book:The Ten-Year Nap
Create image

“New teachers were just a part of life, for a few days after one arrived, squawks of interest were emitted from various corners, but then they died away as the teacher was absorbed like everyone else...before you knew it, the fresh ones seemed to have been teaching there forever too, or else they didn't last very long, and were gone before you'd gotten to know them.”

KnowsLongHas BeensLastsInterestGoneForeverTeacherTeachingDiedVariousCornersParts Of LifeNew Teachers
Author:Meg Wolitzer
Create image