“All the inane, meaningless noises people make that pass for intelligent conversation. They might as well be pigs grunting in the pen. (92)” PeopleWellsMightConversationIntelligentNoisePensMeaninglessPigsIntelligent Conversation Author:Norma Fox Mazer
“That adolescent me, the girl who was, as I remember her, insecure, unsure, dreaming, yearning, longing, that girl who was hard on herself, who was cowardly and brave, who was confused and determined-that girl who was me-still exists. I call on her when I write. I am the me of today-the person who has become a woman, a mother, a writer. Yet I am the me of all those other days as well. I believe in the reality of that past.” WritingBelieveWellsPersonsStillsHardDreamRealityTodayPastRememberMotherGirlI BelieveLongingBraveI Believe InDeterminedConfusedYearningInsecureCowardlyThat GirlUnsure Author:Norma Fox Mazer