List of Ann-Marie MacDonald Quotes

In Terms Of The Secrets That Imbue And Underlie Fall On Your Knees, They Were As Much Of A Mystery To Me As I Was Creating The Story As They Are To The Readers.

You Think You're Safe. Until You See A Picture Like That. And Then You Know You'll Always Be A Slave To The Present Because The Present Is More Powerful Than The Past, No Matter How Long Ago The Present Happened.

They Are So Young, They Forget That The World Is Not As In Love With Them As They Are.

Do You Think There's Such A Thing As A Ghost Who Masquerades As A Person? Do You Believe That There Are People Whose Bodies Are Still Alive Here On Earth But Whose Souls Are Already In Hell?

Lies Like That Are Not A Sin, They Are A Sacrifice.

There Are Some Stories You Can't Hear Enough. They Are The Same Every Time You Hear Them. But You Are Not. That's One Reliable Way Of Understanding Time.

Materia Had Been Just Six When They Docked In Sydney Harbour And Her Father Said, 'look. This Is The New World. Anything Is Possible Here.' She's Been Too Young To Realize That He Was Talking To Her Brother.

The Thief You Must Fear The Most Is Not The One Who Steals Mere Things.

She's No Lady. Her Songs Are All Unbelievably Unhappy Or Lewd. It's Called Blues. She Sings About Sore Feet, Sexual Relations, Baked Goods, Killing Your Lover, Being Broke, Men Called Daddy, Women Who Dress Like Men, Working, Praying For Rain. Jail And Trains. Whiskey And Morphine. She Tells Stories Between Verses And Everyone In The Place Shouts Out How True It All Is.

It's Important To Attend Funerals. It Is Important To View The Body, They Say, And To See It Committed To Earth Or Fire Because Unless You Do That, The Loved One Dies For You Again And Again.

Piece By Piece Living Is Hard To Do. It May Even Feel Like The Hardest Thing. But It Has This Going For It: You Never Need To Know What It Is You're Carrying On Your Shoulders.

Writing Is A Hellish Task, Best Snuck Up On, Whacked On The Head, Robbed And Left For Dead.