Jill McCorkle Quotes

I thought that we were all like trees, flexible youths, saplings, who grow up heavy and stiff, spread seeds and get chopped down and turned into notebook paper.

You will never be as smart as your subconscious.

Building a dollhouse is a lot like writing a novel because you are God of the Universe.

There is a choice to make, a chance to take.

Humor - I see it as a survival skill.

Steve Yarbrough is a masterful storyteller-one of our finest-and Safe from the Neighbors is a masterpiece. . . . This is a spellbinding, powerful novel.

The simple rule: some get saved, but most don't. The choices are important before the years begin to go so very fast.

No one likes to talk about the positive parts of getting older and aging into orphanhood, how with your parents you often bury a lot of things you were never able to confront or fix or let go of.