Schmalz Quotes & Sayings

Her hearing had faded out as soon as he'd touched her - maybe it was the angels playing harps or the exploding fireworks. Maybe her drink was too strong or her heart was too lonely. — Karin Slaughter

Are you wearing the red heels? She asked.
Yes.
God, she replied, his boner is going to be ENORMOUS. — Christina Lauren

Whatever/ returns from oblivion/ returns to find a voice. — Louise Gluck

Mercy is God's loving response to sinners; and mercy is our loving response to others - and to ourselves - in circumstances of need. To this I would add that mercy, as an experience of love, has an unexpected quality - something unforeseen or unanticipated. We talk about mercy when we feel or offer forgiveness, when we find or give help and assistance, but we also speak about "mercy" when we are surprised by good deeds that catch us unawares and transform our lives for the better. — Mathew N. Schmalz

Writing is a gift. To be good at your gift you need to keep writing. — Lisa Powell

After 'The Sisters Brothers,' I tried to write a contemporary story dealing with an investment adviser in New York City who moves to Paris. I did all this research, but after about a year and any number of pages written, I was bored stiff. — Patrick DeWitt

In our busy lives, intimacy often becomes a set piece - we sit down and make time for discussions, for togetherness, for sharing. But sometimes the most intimate parts of ourselves - our desires, our fears, our needs and sensitivities - are revealed most strongly in the course of our mundane routines. — Mathew N. Schmalz

Choosing life is always messy.

But it is there in the messiness, in the conflicted and often confused ways we live our lives, that we can learn how much mercy matters to us all. — Mathew N. Schmalz

Apologies often cannot undo pain; but they can acknowledge it. And part of the cruelty of bullying is that the bruises it leaves are on the inside - it's a hidden form of violence, shrouded by shame. — Mathew N. Schmalz

It is not merely that people must die and people must suffer, if not here, then there. But what is dreadful is that the world goes on and people go on being stupidly cruel - in the old ways and all the time. — Ford Madox Ford