Alison McGhee Quotes

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There comes a point at which you stop giving things up. That is what i won't give up. None of it will i give up, for my beautiful sister Ivy who lies in bed. Ivy who used to be alive. Ivy who used to be. Ivy who used. Ivy who.
Ivy-who-is-not-me.
Not me. Not me. Not me.

Alison McGhee

The world should have stopped, but it didn't. The world kept on going. How can the world just keep on going? An earthquake in India kills a thousand people, and the world keeps on going. A famine in China kills a million people, and the world keeps on going. The twin towers of the World Trade Center buckle and fall, and the world, the world keeps on going.

Alison McGhee

What is the matter with these people, these people who won't stop fighting, won't stop hurting each other...?

Alison McGhee

Alison McGhee

Alison McGhee

Born: July 8, 1960 (age 64)

Bio: Alison McGhee is an American author, who has published several picture books, books for children, and adult novels. She is a New York Times bestselling author, the winner of numerous awards.

Known for:

Bink and Gollie, Two for One (2010)
Someday (2007)
All rivers flow to the sea (2005)
A Very Brave Witch (2006)
Countdown to kindergarten (2001)

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