Emma Hooper Quotes & Sayings

Go do whatever, wherever. Go do it alone, and now, because you want to and you're allowed to and you can. — Emma Hooper

Toxemia. A word that starts so harsh and ends so gently. — Emma Hooper

You told me, once, to just remember to breathe. As long as you can do that, you're doing something good. — Emma Hooper

You can never stop being a mother. Never, never, never. — Emma Hooper

I have made you some things, for when you get back. I understand now, all the baking you sent me, stale and crumbled in brown paper and rough twine. Now you're away and I am here. So I will make and make until you get back to remind you, and myself: there are reasons to come home. — Emma Hooper

It took them longer, a week or so, to notice the hole in their language that this new word had made. To grasp that there was no term for a parent without a child, a sister without a sister. — Emma Hooper

We have good days and bad days. You told me, once, to just remember to breathe. As long as you can do that, you're doing something Good, you said. Getting rid of the old, and letting in the new. And, therefore, moving forward. Making progress. That's all you have to do to move forward, sometimes, you said, just breathe. So don't worry, Etta, if nothing else, I am still breathing. — Emma Hooper

P.S. I know you have gone to see the water, and you should see it, Etta, you should, but, in case there are other reasons you've left, in case there are things you have discovered or undiscovered that you didn't want to tell me in person, in that case, you can always tell me here. Tell me here and we can never mention it outside of paper and ink (or pencil). — Emma Hooper

The pain bursts through Etta like caffeine, — Emma Hooper

Etta, it could be everything, it could be nothing, what you're making up. You shouldn't let that bother you. — Emma Hooper

The radio was a beautiful thing. It was hodgepodge and patched up on the outside, but on the inside it was filled with voices, filled with people and music and ideas from away, from far away. Otto took a breath and turned it on. — Emma Hooper

People could say things about Owen. They could. But they don't. We don't. Words are strong. The strongest. Worse than bruises on — Emma Hooper

I keep your photo in the pocket on the side without the gun. For balance. — Emma Hooper

If we're doing we're living and if we're living we're winning, right? — Emma Hooper

We're all scared most of the time. Life would be lifeless if we weren't. Be scared, and then jump into that fear. Again and again. Just remember to hold on to yourself while you do it. — Emma Hooper

The students whipped their heads back to look at her; a blaspheming teacher was as exciting as a fight. — Emma Hooper