Liane Moriarty
Liane Moriarty
Liane Moriartyis an Australian author. She is the sister of author Jaclyn Moriarty...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionAuthor
CountryAustralia
admit freely hearing life living love material ordinary time
I love hearing other people's stories, and I freely admit I'm scavenging for material through their conversations, but really, at the same time, I'm living an ordinary life.
based believe birthday either family invitation invited party received truly word
Friends and family do not believe you write fiction. They truly believe that every word you write is either autobiographical or based on them. I once had a character say that she never wanted to be invited to another children's birthday party, and I never received another children's birthday party invitation ever again.
mother thinking differences
I see lots of differences between Australians and Americans - but as mothers, I think were pretty much alike!
mother decision being-a-mother
Nobody ever told you that being a mother is all about making what seemed like thousands of tiny decisions.
mistake people arbitrary
She didn’t understand a damned thing about life except that it was arbitrary and cruel, and some people got away with murder while others made one tiny, careless mistake and paid a terrible price.
years lovely tupperware
All these years there had been a Tupperware container of bad language in her head, and now she opened it and all those crisp, crunchy words were fresh and lovely, ready to be used.
littles sometimes feels
She longed to feel something momentous. Sometimes her life seemed so little.
thinking losing-control losing
It was like she was thinking, How far can I go with this? How much more can I fit in my life without losing control?
relief happy-endings cry
Happy endings always made her cry. It was the relief.
memories party men
A red traffic light loomed, and Cecilia slammed her foot on the brake. The fact that Polly no longer wanted a pirate party was breathtakingly insignificant in comparison to that poor man (thirty!) crashing to the ground for the freedom that Cecilia took for granted, but right now, she couldn’t pause to honor his memory, because a last-minute change of party theme was unacceptable. That’s what happened when you had freedom. You lost your mind over a pirate party.
giving-up wine jam
Why did she give up wine for Lent? Polly was more sensible. She had given up strawberry jam. Cecilia had never seen Polly show more than a passing interest in strawberry jam, although now, of course, she was always catching her standing at the open fridge, staring at it longingly. The power of denial.
together example sexist
There were worse things to be than sexist. For example, you could be the sort of person who pinched your fingers together while using the words “teeny weeny.
sorry feet gone
So now I just assume that it won't work, and that if it does work, I'll lose it anyway. This is meant to protect me, although it doesn't, because somehow the hope sneakily finds its way in. I'm never aware of the hope until it's gone, whooshed away like a rug pulled from under my feet, each time I hear another "I'm sorry.
frustration people like-you
The medication, the hormones and the relentless frustrations of our lives make us bitchy and you're not allowed to be bitchy in public or people won't like you.