Stephanie Morrill > Quotes

“To love anyone is to risk.”
― Stephanie Morrill, The Lost Girl of Astor Street

“You'll wake up one day and find you're almost forty, and you haven't done any of the things you wanted. That you let in so many voices when you were trying to make decisions, instead of listening to the One voice that mattered, that you never decided anything at all.”
― Stephanie Morrill, The Revised Life of Ellie Sweet

“What does a girl have, really, if her word cannot be trusted?”
― Stephanie Morrill, The Lost Girl of Astor Street

“Grief is not weakness”
― Stephanie Morrill, The Lost Girl of Astor Street

“Right? Or is writing like everything else in my life where I don't quite measure up?

Loved, but not quite the Gabrielle they had in mind.

Fine for hanging out and talking with, but not cool enough to include in plans.

'Perfect,' yet not someone to be seen with.

Why did I think writing would be any different?”
― Stephanie Morrill, The Revised Life of Ellie Sweet

“I am many things, Detective Cassano, but safe isn't one of them.”
― Stephanie Morrill, The Lost Girl of Astor Street

“I can get so caught up in talking about writing with Bronte that I don’t get any actual writing done.”
― Stephanie Morrill, The Revised Life of Ellie Sweet

“Are non-readers totally clueless about how obnoxious it is to be engrossed in your book only to find someone suddenly talking to you?”
― Stephanie Morrill, The Revised Life of Ellie Sweet

“C. S. Lewis said, “Don’t use words too big for the subject. Don’t say ‘infinitely’ when you mean ‘very’; otherwise you’ll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.”
― Stephanie Morrill, Go Teen Writers: Edit Your Novel

“So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads. —Dr. Seuss”
― Stephanie Morrill, Go Teen Writers: Edit Your Novel

“I try to leave out the parts that people skip.
—Elmore Leonard”
― Stephanie Morrill, Go Teen Writers: Edit Your Novel

“To care means to be brave.”
― Stephanie Morrill, Within These Lines

“As the brilliant sunset cools to gray, I vow my anger over blatant discrimination will not cool. As these rocks stay steady through season changes and time, so I will remain steady. I will not be silent. I will not let this go.”
― Stephanie Morrill, Within These Lines

“Some people have a way with words, and other people . . . oh, uh, not have way.
—Steve Martin”
― Stephanie Morrill, Go Teen Writers: Edit Your Novel

“King”
― Stephanie Morrill, Go Teen Writers: Edit Your Novel

“Inspiration usually comes during work, not before it.
—Madeleine L’Engle”
― Stephanie Morrill, Go Teen Writers: Edit Your Novel

“Sometimes loving another person feels like the most painful thing there is.”
― Stephanie Morrill, Within These Lines

“Whatever it takes to finish things, finish. You will learn more from a glorious failure than you ever will from something you never finished. ―Neil Gaiman”
― Stephanie Morrill, Go Teen Writers: Edit Your Novel

“Be a giver in this industry before you start asking for favors.”
― Stephanie Morrill, Go Teen Writers: Edit Your Novel

“It’s not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.
—T. S. Eliot”
― Stephanie Morrill, Go Teen Writers: Edit Your Novel

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. —Harper Lee”
― Stephanie Morrill, Go Teen Writers: Edit Your Novel

“To love is to risk.”
― Stephanie Morrill

“A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success. —Bo Bennett”
― Stephanie Morrill, Go Teen Writers: Edit Your Novel

“If you’re not reading, you’re not participating in your own industry.”
― Stephanie Morrill, Go Teen Writers: Edit Your Novel

“I believe at the core of my being that if I can get published, anyone can.”
― Stephanie Morrill, Go Teen Writers: Edit Your Novel

“The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail -Charles R. Swindoll”
― Stephanie Morrill, Go Teen Writers: Edit Your Novel