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Kathleen Rooney quotes: If you love something, know that it will leave on a day you are far from ready.

If you love something, know that it will leave on a day you are far from ready.

Kathleen Rooney quotes: Here's some free advice: Make an honest assessment of the choices you've made before you look askance at somebody else's." I

Here's some free advice: Make an honest assessment of the choices you've made before you look askance at somebody else's." I

Kathleen Rooney quotes: We've been here all along, the world seemed to say, waiting for you. What took you so long to find us? I

We've been here all along, the world seemed to say, waiting for you. What took you so long to find us? I

Kathleen Rooney quotes: Burning a bridge, as any tactician will tell you, sometimes saves more than it costs. I

Burning a bridge, as any tactician will tell you, sometimes saves more than it costs. I

Kathleen Rooney quotes: That I was a success is not apparent now; that I would be a success was not apparent then. Within

That I was a success is not apparent now; that I would be a success was not apparent then. Within

Kathleen Rooney quotes: Any day you walk down a street and find nothing new but nothing missing counts as a good day in a city you love.

Any day you walk down a street and find nothing new but nothing missing counts as a good day in a city you love.

Kathleen Rooney quotes: But there was no way to know, and no way to go back. I could not revise. I had been who I had been, and so I largely remained.

But there was no way to know, and no way to go back. I could not revise. I had been who I had been, and so I largely remained.

Kathleen Rooney quotes: Up there in my snug sweet tower, I felt I'd made landfall in the shoals of shifting clouds. Far enough from the crowds to relish the crowds.

Up there in my snug sweet tower, I felt I'd made landfall in the shoals of shifting clouds. Far enough from the crowds to relish the crowds.

Kathleen Rooney quotes: As a writer who writes poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, I think it's important to always maintain a firm grasp on genre and ethics.

As a writer who writes poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, I think it's important to always maintain a firm grasp on genre and ethics.

Kathleen Rooney quotes: People who command respect are never as widely known as people who command attention. For

People who command respect are never as widely known as people who command attention. For

Kathleen Rooney quotes: What I wanted was that walk: slate and windy, the sky overcast but not threatening rain. I

What I wanted was that walk: slate and windy, the sky overcast but not threatening rain. I

Kathleen Rooney quotes: I never have trouble keeping fact and invention straight.

I never have trouble keeping fact and invention straight.

Kathleen Rooney quotes: The point of living in the world is just to stay interested.

The point of living in the world is just to stay interested.

Kathleen Rooney quotes: New things pop up at the edges, but the middle's where the money is.

New things pop up at the edges, but the middle's where the money is.

Kathleen Rooney quotes: I was not a believer in things just changing. One had to try to change them.

I was not a believer in things just changing. One had to try to change them.

Kathleen Rooney quotes: like an idiot pitching change into a well that nobody ever said was open for wishing.

like an idiot pitching change into a well that nobody ever said was open for wishing.

Kathleen Rooney quotes: I thought at times that poetry might be an elegant way of screaming.

I thought at times that poetry might be an elegant way of screaming.

Kathleen Rooney quotes: caelum, non animum mutant, for instance - climate may change, but not character - and

caelum, non animum mutant, for instance - climate may change, but not character - and

Kathleen Rooney quotes: I wasn't glad that I hadn't died. And I wasn't sad that I hadn't. I wasn't anything.

I wasn't glad that I hadn't died. And I wasn't sad that I hadn't. I wasn't anything.

Kathleen Rooney quotes: Like many parents in middle age, he's quick to spot changes in the world, slow to note shifts in his own perspective.

Like many parents in middle age, he's quick to spot changes in the world, slow to note shifts in his own perspective.

Kathleen Rooney quotes: The ingredients that make a good poem often differ from those that make a good essay and from those that make a good novel.

The ingredients that make a good poem often differ from those that make a good essay and from those that make a good novel.

Kathleen Rooney quotes: Time only goes in that one direction.

Time only goes in that one direction.

Kathleen Rooney quotes: committing oneself to being fashionable was simultaneously committing oneself to being perishable. I

committing oneself to being fashionable was simultaneously committing oneself to being perishable. I