M.J. Rose Quotes

What we do is a wonder, an art, and we have a responsibility to do it well.

The owl is one of the most curious creatures. A bird that stays awake when the rest of the world sleeps. They can see in the dark. I find that so interesting, to be mired in reality when the rest of the world is dreaming. What does he see and what does he know that the rest of the world is missing?

There is no glory in honesty if it is destructive. And no shame in dishonesty if its goal is to offer grace.

Perfume is magic. It's mystery. We recreate the smell of a flower. Of wood. Of grass. We capture the essence of life. Liquefy it. We store memories. We make dreams.

Is there a secret? Yes. Anaïs Nin and Pauline Réage and Anne Rampling and Erica Jong all knew it. E. L. James knows it. It is the secret behind all of our writing. And our reading. Arousal starts in the mind. And grows in the mind. The brain is the most erogenous zone in a woman’s body. That is our secret. And it is what we share.

The one thing I am now sure of is that if there is such a thing as destiny, it is a result of our passion, be that for money, power, or love. Passion, for better or worse. It can keep a soul alive even if all that survives is a shimmering. I've even seen it. I've been bathed in it. I've been changed by it.

Needing someone doesn't make you weak, it makes you feel. And feeling is how you know you're alive.

There's no one thing you can do to have success, but if you have a plan and you keep doing things, you'll eventually build to a success.

The secret, which is not so secret after all, is that the people who we love live on in our hearts, in the beat of our blood.

Keep in mind that television, magazines, movies, and even newspapers rarely show images of average-shaped bodies.

Self-body hate, like any hate or other strong negative emotion, contributes to unneeded weight gain by triggering junk-food cravings.

More than 3,500 hardcover novels are published each year. Even the most avid reader buys fewer than one a week.

Sometimes love worked out, but more often it failed

‎"As Oedipus learned, the more you run away from what is predetermined the more you run toward it.