Amy Wallace > Quotes

“Had Martha Foley returned William [James Sidis]'s passion as Margaret [Engemann] did Norbert [Wiener]'s, perhaps the two prodigies would have had more in common in the long run. ... In the life of a prodigy, perhaps more than in the average life, a marriage or a requited love is the greatest single factor that can heal the old childhood wounds. William and Norbert's response to their childhood and teenage rejections and humiliations was to retreat into the painless world of ideas, where successes and satisfactions abounded. A successful love affair could be the key to reentry into the world of feeling, bridging the gap between the cerebral and the emotional lives.”
― Amy Wallace, The Prodigy: A Biography of William James Sidis, America's Greatest Child Prodigy

“God never wastes an experience or trial in our lives. Good or bad, easy or painful, he is able to use everything in our lives to grow us and make us more like him.”
― Amy Wallace

“When we as writers take our fears, beliefs, imaginations, and research and offer them up for the Lord to use, we are changed, and our fiction carries the power of truth and the fingerprints of our God on every page.”
― Amy Wallace

“Man is quite insane. He wouldn’t know how to create a maggot and he creates Gods by the dozen. —Michel de Montaigne, Essais”
― Amy Wallace, Sorcerer's Apprentice: My Life with Carlos Castaneda

“When what you have is more than enough, you’re on the edge of impeccability.”
― Amy Wallace, Sorcerer's Apprentice: My Life with Carlos Castaneda

“If you live with a cripple, you will learn to limp. —Plutarch”
― Amy Wallace, Sorcerer's Apprentice: My Life with Carlos Castaneda