Quotes by : Maria Semple

That was happiness. Not the framed greatest hits, but the moments in between. At the time, I hadn't pegged....

Every feeling I ever knew was up in that sky: Twinkling joyous sunlight; airy, giggling cloud wisps;....

Earlier this year, I'd told a mother at school I'd been married fifteen year. She asked, "What's the....

Maybe that’s what religion is, hurling yourself off a cliff and trusting that something bigger will....

The sky in Seattle is so low, it felt like God had lowered a silk parachute over us. Every feeling I....

I was a ghost on a ghost ship in a ghost land

People like you must create. If you don't create, Bernadette, you will become a menace to society.

What's this?" She pulled out a card and held it away from her face. "I can't read what it says." I took....

People like you must create. If you don’t create, Bernadette, you will become a menace to society.

As far as I’m concerned, the only thing sweeter than seeing a friend is that friend canceling on me.....