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

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

A lot of people hurl themselves into relationships to lose themselves, but I think the best relationships help us to be more ourselves, to bring forth our best selves.

A lot of people hurl themselves into relationships to lose themselves, but I think the best relationships help us to be more ourselves, to bring forth our best selves.

- 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

People love stories. They need stories.

People love stories. They need stories.

- Caroline Leavitt

Everyone thinks that a new place or a new identity will jumpstart a new life.

Everyone thinks that a new place or a new identity will jumpstart a new life.

- Caroline Leavitt

The dead can't change, but you can.

The dead can't change, but you can.

- 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

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

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