Danielle Ganek > Quotes

“We all tell our stories the way we want to. And sometimes those stories have nothing to do with reality.”
― Danielle Ganek, The Summer We Read Gatsby

“How well can we really know another person? People can be in your lives for years –– they can fill your lives. But all you really know of them are the stories they tell you. And then they die. They always leave a mystery behind.”
― Danielle Ganek, The Summer We Read Gatsby

“You are the sole author of the story of your life, my dear. Make it a good one.”
― Danielle Ganek

“We never know how big a role we play in someone else's drama.”
― Danielle Ganek, The Summer We Read Gatsby

“We're all storytellers. We choose to tell ourselves the kind of tale we want to hear.”
― Danielle Ganek, The Summer We Read Gatsby

“How well can we really know another person? People can be in your lives for years- they can fill your lives. But all you really know of them are the stories they tell you. And then they die. They always leave a mystery behind.”
― Danielle Ganek, The Summer We Read Gatsby

“We need creative license with the fictional narratives that become our memories. Anthologized, these are the tales that become the story of your life.”
― Danielle Ganek, The Summer We Read Gatsby

“How well can we really know another person? Peolpe can be in your lives for years - they can fill your lives. But all you really know of them are the stories they tell you. And then they die. They always leave a mystery behind.”
― Danielle Ganek, The Summer We Read Gatsby

“Hats, like first husbands in my experience, are usually a mistake.”
― Danielle Ganek, The Summer We Read Gatsby

“You could BE somebody," he said, focusing a tight shot on her face.
"Honey," she said, mugging for the camera like an old time movie queen, "I already am somebody.”
― Danielle Ganek, The Summer We Read Gatsby

“(about divorce): Sometimes you have to scrap your first draft and start over.”
― Danielle Ganek, The Summer We Read Gatsby

“We take creative license with the fictional narratives that become our memories. Anthologized, these are the tales that become the story of your life.”
― Danielle Ganek, The Summer We Read Gatsby

“A literary fetish is the new black”
― Danielle Ganek

“Peck prided herself on being well-mannered, often to the point of rudeness.”
― Danielle Ganek, The Summer We Read Gatsby

“He had a unique voice, deep and raspy like sandpaper, and I felt it in my chest. It made me want to think of things for him to say, just so I could hear what they sounded like coming out of his mouth.”
― Danielle Ganek, The Summer We Read Gatsby

“Talent is one of those elusive concepts that is so maddening to understand.”
― Danielle Ganek, The Summer We Read Gatsby