Book cover: Room

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Book cover

Room

Emma Donoghue

Quotes

  1. "Are stories true?"

    "Which ones?"

    "The mermaid mother and Hansel and Gretel and all them."

    "Well," says Ma, "not literally."

    "What's—"

    "They're magic, they're not about real people walking around today."

    "So they're fake?"

    "No, no. Stories are a different kind of true."

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  2. It's called mind over matter. If we don't mind, it doesn't matter.

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  3. I think buddy is man talk for sweetie.

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  4. When I was a little kid I thought like a little kid, but now I'm five I know everything.

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  5. "Scared is what you're feeling," says Ma, "but brave is what you're doing."

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