Pat Schmatz > Quotes

“I couldn't eat because that book made me cry so hard, I couldn't even breathe. Connie said to keep reading and keep breathing, like that was easy. Tears and snot just about came out my butt, I cried so hard”
― Pat Schmatz, Bluefish

“Read them out loud, and take it slow. When you hit a comma, stop and chew. When you hit a period, swallow. Don't try to eat any circled words.”
― Pat Schmatz, Bluefish

“There’s nothing in here but empty.”
― Pat Schmatz , Bluefish

“Breathe in slow, two, three, hold; breathe out slow, two, three, four. Look at the shapes on the backs of your eyelids - see them there? Breathe in, two, three, and hold; breathe out, two, three, four. See them shift? Watch the show, two, three.”
― Pat Schmatz, Lizard Radio

“I don’t know what I am. I like some boys, and sometimes I like girls. You’re kind of both.”
― Pat Schmatz, Lizard Radio

“Man and woman: they're both familiar and foreign. Like beautiful pasture planets I travel in my dreams, speaking each language with a heavy accent.”
― Pat Schmatz, Lizard Radio