10 Quotes & Sayings By Meg Donohue

Meg Donohue is a well-known author of books for young adults, including the "New York Times" bestseller "Angel" and the New York Public Library's Book to Read Aloud, winner of the 2005 Newbery Medal. She has also written books for adults, including "The Man Who Loved Children" (winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award), "The Court of Broken Knives," which won the National Book Award, "The Beautiful Bureaucrat," which won the William Faulkner Prize for Fiction, and "The Last Summer of You and Me." Donohue was born in Chicago and grew up in the Midwest. She attended Northwestern University and spent time abroad in England while working as an editorial assistant at Vogue. Her first book was published when she was twenty-three.

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I scanned the room, knowing it couldn't take long to spot Annie, who had chosen to wear a floor-length 1960s muumuu in a deep shade of turquoise that looked, I had to admit, strikingly lovely against her honey-toned skin. Her dark hair was piled on top of her head, giving her a couple extra inches of height, and spiked through with a gold, rhinestone-encrusted chopstick. Or at least I thought it was a chopstick, but who knew what you called the utensil once it pierced a mound of hair. Perhaps just a stick? Regardless, she looked stunning- like a colorful little bird that surprises everyone with its audacity and out-of-place beauty by landing right in the middle of a bustling city sidewalk. . Meg Donohue
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This house is just a thing .... On your love list, always put the beating hearts at the top. Meg Donohue
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Her fragility makes her uncomfortable, but it has a familiarity, too, like the biting cold of winter that you only half forget during other seasons. Meg Donohue
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I hugged Wes and inhaled the scent of his neck- a reassuringly familiar combination of coffee and leather and something sweet I always had trouble putting my finger on. What was it? Butter from his morning toast? A package of chocolates left over some hotel stay? Maybe a hint of the honey he liked to drizzle on apples. I smiled, allowing myself a moment to believe in the possibility of a shared life full of sweet things. Meg Donohue
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Love is love, " I told her, as I tell all of my patients who are ashamed to find themselves shattered by the death of a dog. "Loss is loss. Meg Donohue
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I'm convinced that petting a puppy is good luck. Meg Donohue
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I have a theory that you get the right dog, the dog you need, for a particular stage in your life. Meg Donohue
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I've always had this feeling, " Henry says, "that all dogs are really therapy dogs. Meg Donohue
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I liked the idea of adopting a dog that was beyond the puppy stage, a dog with an unknown span of life under his belt. It seemed only fair; he didn't know what he was getting into with me either. Meg Donohue