# Room

- Author: [Emma Donoghue](https://www.leafyquotes.com/emma-donoghue.md)
- Quotes: 5
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/emma-donoghue/room

## Quotes

> "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."

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

> I think buddy is man talk for sweetie.

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

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