Author: Caroline Leavitt

Quotes

I think I became a writer because of my love of stories and an inability to stop asking, 'What if?'

I think I became a writer because of my love of stories and an inability to stop asking, 'What if?'

- Caroline Leavitt

People love stories. They need stories.

People love stories. They need stories.

- Caroline Leavitt

Literature can allow us to experience the best side of humankind, where instead of giving up, we struggle desperately in the ruins for love, connection and hope.

Literature can allow us to experience the best side of humankind, where instead of giving up, we struggle desperately in the ruins for love, connection and hope.

- Caroline Leavitt

The dead can't change, but you can.

The dead can't change, but you can.

- Caroline Leavitt

By the time I was 5, I was already an outcast. It was the early 1960s, and I was part of the only Jewish family in a decidedly Christian suburb of Waltham, Mass.

By the time I was 5, I was already an outcast. It was the early 1960s, and I was part of the only Jewish family in a decidedly Christian suburb of Waltham, Mass.

- Caroline Leavitt

I was a bookworm who aced every test - until third grade, when my teacher handed out a pop quiz about Jesus and the Apostles.

I was a bookworm who aced every test - until third grade, when my teacher handed out a pop quiz about Jesus and the Apostles.

- Caroline Leavitt

All writers know how important a good title is. It's the first thing readers see, along with a knock-your-socks-off cover - a seductive 'come hither' for the story within.

All writers know how important a good title is. It's the first thing readers see, along with a knock-your-socks-off cover - a seductive 'come hither' for the story within.

- Caroline Leavitt

A title means marketing. It means that company's coming soon, and you'd better get out the Christmas lights so they don't miss your house.

A title means marketing. It means that company's coming soon, and you'd better get out the Christmas lights so they don't miss your house.

- Caroline Leavitt

I write about what haunts me, and I write the books I myself am dying to read. I love it. I can't think of anything I'd rather do.

I write about what haunts me, and I write the books I myself am dying to read. I love it. I can't think of anything I'd rather do.

- Caroline Leavitt

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