Wally Lamb, I Know This Much Is True Quotes

Power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed.

But what are our stories if not the mirrors we hold up to our fears?

-- that books were mirrors, reflective in sometimes unpredictable ways.

I needed her to stop. Needed not to hear the pain in her voice--to see the way she was twisting the pocketbook strap. If she kept talking, she might break down and tell me everything.

If I could just write it down in a piece of paper, then maybe she could get a decent night's sleep, eat a little of her dinner. Maybe she could have a minute's worth of peace.