Emma Donoghue Quotes

Irish novelist, playwright, short-story writer and historian

Emma Donoghue (born 24 October 1969) is an Irish-Canadian playwright, literary historian, novelist, and screenwriter.

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I think buddy is man talk for sweetie.

Ma: You're gonna love it.
Jack: What?
Ma: The world.

Scared is what you're feeling," says Ma, "but brave is what you're doing.

It's called mind over matter. If we don't mind, it doesn't matter.

Are stories true?
"Which ones?"
"The mermaid mother and Hansel and Gretel and all them."
"Well," says Ma, "not literally."
"What's—"
"They're magic, they're not about real people walking around today."
"So they're fake?"
"No, no. Stories are a different kind of true."

When I was a little kid I thought like a little kid, but now I'm five I know everything.