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Melissa Holbrook Pierson

Melissa Holbrook Pierson Books

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Melissa Holbrook Pierson is an American author known for her works in children's literature, particularly fantasy and adventure stories. Born on December 14, 1957, her books have won the hearts of readers and have been recognized with multiple awards.

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“I don't think of myself as fitting into a category. But I had to be careful in all of my books not to repeat things, because I have these ideas, and though the subjects were disparate, the same idea would come up through different portals.”

Thinking Book Ideas Different Subjects Come Up Careful Repeats Categories Be Careful Fitting Portal

Author:Melissa Holbrook Pierson

“We're physical objects, we think of ourselves as these kind of free-floating brains, but the brain is such a little part. It's way smaller than we like to think. We think we're these important human beings. We're not animals or anything. But what did we come out of? What are we made out of? We're made of the same stuff as out there.”

Thinking Way Humans Kind Littles Made Important Stuff Human Beings Animal Brain Objects Floating

Author:Melissa Holbrook Pierson

“If we didn't love things, then we couldn't feel their loss. The flip side of loving is losing. I mean, you can't experience one without the other.”

Ifs Feels Mean Sides Loss Losing Flip

Author:Melissa Holbrook Pierson

“I'm not necessarily a happy person. I don't think that happiness is always the right response to a situation. I think we've come to a point in time where people are saying, "Oh, you know, loss and change, that's just normal."”

People Thinking Knows Persons Loss Situation Normal Response Happy Person

Author:Melissa Holbrook Pierson

“I feel like human beings can't help but destroy, but if our numbers are small we don't destroy as much as we do when our numbers are this huge and out of control. I wonder, what's the carrying capacity for human beings? When do we get to the point when we can't take it anymore, when it becomes too unpleasant to us just to be here because there's too many of us and there's no solitude anymore.”

Ifs Feels Humans Helping Human Beings Numbers Wonder Huge Solitude Capacity

Author:Melissa Holbrook Pierson

“Why is nostalgia such a bad thing? Nostalgia is a longing to return. If you really loved where you came from, if, in essence, you really loved yourself, how can you not want that to exist? It's like wanting your parents keep living.”

Ifs Want Parent Return Essence Longing Nostalgia Bad Things

Author:Melissa Holbrook Pierson

“There has never been a book like this. At once a poetics of place, a work of deep history, a bildungsroman, and an acute inquiry into the big subjects: love, family, other animals, the nature of creativity. It is sublime. It's also very funny. Haunting and haunted, Hold Still is the memoir of an artist that is art itself.”

Art Stills Book Bigs Artist Animal Creativity Subjects Memoir Sublime Inquiry Haunting Family Love

Author:Melissa Holbrook Pierson

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Born: December 14, 1957
Known for: Writer
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