Mary Hogan > Quotes

“Red", I write "is the color of life. It's blood, passion, rage. It's menstrual flow and after birth. Beginnings and violent end. Red is the color of love. Beating hearts and hungry lips. Roses, Valentines, cherries. Red is the color of shame. Crimson cheeks and spilled blood. Broken hearts, opened veins. A burning desire to return to white.”
― Mary Hogan, Pretty Face

“If you could live anywhere in the world where would you live ” “Right here ” Enzo replies. “In your arms.”
― Mary Hogan, Pretty Face

“The spirit of Italy has taken over my soul. I'm relaxed, happy, warm. It's as if i'm part of the earth, not just standing out it.”
― Mary Hogan

“We rarely get the families we deserve, baby girl. That’s what chocolate is for.”
― Mary Hogan, Two Sisters

“rarely get the families we deserve, baby girl. That’s what chocolate is for.”
― Mary Hogan, Two Sisters

“is a series of minutes, gathered into hours, twisted into days, braided into months, and coiled into years. Never”
― Mary Hogan, The Woman in the Photo

“Our shimmering blue plaything is now a swollen black brute straining at its confinement. A beast in captivity, raging to bust free and devour its captors. As if it had secretly despised us all along.”
― Mary Hogan, The Woman in the Photo

“A massive ball of brown water, uprooted tree trunks, sheared rooftops, bloated horses, stiff dogs and cats, shattered church windows, broken pews, sodden Bibles, Memorial Day flags, busted brick walls, twisted train cars, splintered rail lines, bowed streetlamps, upturned carriages, naked dolls, bent tin soldiers, dented red wagons, books, black stoves, beds, tables, armchairs, mantels, photographs, love letters, wedding dresses, baby booties, and masses of drowned humanity careens straight for us. Neither Eugene Eggar nor I can move.”
― Mary Hogan, The Woman in the Photo

“It’s been my experience that presence and silence are most helpful,” she says. “Be there without judgment or advice to listen when he is ready to talk.”
― Mary Hogan, The Woman in the Photo