“ What the hell is that? he asked.Magic mushrooms.I've always wanted to try those, he exclaimed. They sound so cute. Heather O'Neill
“ His adolescents are displaced aristocrats who have lost their kingdom and wealth, which was childhood. [On J.D. Salinger] Heather O'Neill
“ From the way that people have always talked about your heart being broken, it sort of seemed to be a one-time thing. Mine seemed to break all the time. Heather O'Neill
“ Intimacy makes you feel unique. Intimacy makes you feel as though you have been singled out, that someone in the world believes you have special qualities that nobody else has. Heather O'Neill
“ Being a woman was a trap. Something would bring you down before you were twenty-three. The only time the world shows you any favor, or cuts you any slack, is during that very brief period of courtship… Heather O'Neill
“ I was always moved when mean people were suddenly nice to me. It was a weakness that would lead me into some bad relationships later in life. Heather O'Neill
“ I've been all over the place in all kinds of living situations. Due to the fact that my mind is my own worst enemy. In a way I am perpetually and permanently in a state of rehabilitation m in an attem… Heather O'Neill
“ Suddenly I realized that I wanted everything to be as it was when I was younger. When you're young enough, you don't know that you live in a cheap lousy apartment. A cracked chair is nothing other tha… Heather O'Neill
“ He said that if you were able to look at the crows really closely, you would see that their eyes were stolen baubles, like buttons or marbles.To get real eyes, they had to steal them from children. Ol… Heather O'Neill
“ When I opened a book now, I was seized with desperation. I felt as if I was madly in love. It was as if I were in a confession booth and the characters in the book were on the other side telling me th… Heather O'Neill
“ Fireflies danced around her like embers after someone has thrown a log into the stove. Heather O'Neill
“ You should beware of motherless children. They will eat you alive. You will never be loved by anyone the way that you will be loved by a motherless child. Heather O'Neill
“ You feel as if everybody has been given an instruction manual on how to be likable, but you didn’t get it. And they are all sold out now. And if you are what you eat, then you must have surely spent t… Heather O'Neill
“ I closed my eyes and the roof was gone. I could see the stars while the piano tinkled. I could see Jupiter and it was blue, and Neptune was silver like a tennis ball sprayed silver. I could reach out… Heather O'Neill
“ There was a scent called Five Minutes Before It Rains. If you put it on your neck, whoever kissed you would cry. Heather O'Neill
“ People give you a hard time about being a kid at twelve. They didn't want to give you Halloween candy anymore. They said things like, If this were the Middle Ages, you'd be married and you'd own a far… Heather O'Neill
“ Being a woman was a trap. Something would bring you down before you turned twenty-three. The only time the world shows you any favor, or cuts you any slack, is during that very brief period of courtsh… Heather O'Neill
“ Every day the average person will witness six miracles. But it isn’t that we don’t believe in miracles—we just don’t believe that miracles are miracles. There are so many miracles all around us. Heather O'Neill
