Katherine Vaz > Quotes

“Her feet were large, and she had a habit of whistling badly, but these things made her worthy of being loved. A goddess might be adored for a moment, but only a real person can speak forever to the rest of us.”
― Katherine Vaz, The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest

“...he understands that taking more pains to create something can add to the sheer pleasure of offering it up to the universe.”
― Katherine Vaz

“I could fall in love with you, you know." He’d said that. She’d said it back. Could.”
― Katherine Vaz, My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales

“I could fall in love with you, you know.” He’d said that. She’d said it back. Could.”
― Katherine Vaz, My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales

“When Ray had asked her why she was so sad, she’d replied, “Because how can I feel so old without having grown up.”
― Katherine Vaz, My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales

“...she absorbed in an instant the truth that genuine adulthood comes when one does not run off because of shame, when one stays and demands a home.”
― Katherine Vaz, My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales

“John thought that the greatest thing about America was its generosity, with spirit and hope and faith, but also with land and objects and inventions, a culture of magnanimity he would mourn if it were lost.”
― Katherine Vaz, Above the Salt

“The sea: God’s bathtub, God’s bath toys.”
― Katherine Vaz, My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales