M.M. Bennetts Quotes

“I want to... have fun with writing again. Enjoy my work, enjoy playing with the language and characters like a sculptor plays with clay. But there's this manic focus on numbers--how many books have you written and how many have you sold and it's all push, push, push, and no time for reflection--but at heart, books are about dreaming... which is just the opposite. So I don't know... M.M. Bennetts comment to Nancy Bilyeau as related in Nancy's tribute "M.M. Bennetts: The Closest Friend I Never Met”

“I want to... have fun with writing again. Enjoy my work, enjoy playing with the language and characters like a sculptor plays with clay. But there's this manic focus on numbers--how many books have you written and how many have you sold and it's all push, push, push, and no time for reflection--but at heart, books are about dreaming... which is just the opposite. So I don't know... M.M. Bennetts comment to Nancy Bilyeau as related in Nancy's tribute "M.M. Bennetts: The Closest Friend I Never Met”

“Discipline your mind to see the good in every situation and look on the best side of every event. Roy Bennett”

“Memory will lay its hands upon your breast, and you will understand my hatred.”

“His face spreads into a warm smile. “As a matter of fact, no, I have never slept under the stars – are you gettin’ all romantic on me, Camryn Bennett?” He looks at me with a playful sideward stare.”

“What I am fucking tired of is seeing you hide behind dull clothes shaped like tents and sacks because you’re afraid of being noticed. Like you’re trying to disappear. And that’s a damn crime. Screw this Bennett. I could give two fucks about Bennett. This is about you. About you seeing the beauty you are so maybe others will, too.--Niall Hunter to Khloe Richardson”

“The day the nation voted on whether I’d live or die, I woke up with a headache.”

“To me, living in the present means being aware of your conscious choice to focus on the past, present or future - it is not necessarily having to focus on the present.”

“A dream collage is pictures of your goals. It is like your future photo album.”

“I was obsessed with clowns. My dad had to get rid of them. I thought there were clowns under my bed for years.”

“Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.”