Top 8 Quotes by Julie Schumacher

Opening a book in the middle of a chapter always made me feel like I was interrupting a group of strangers, wandering unannounced into their villages and apartments and taxis and slums.

Opening a book in the middle of a chapter always made me feel like I was interrupting a group of strangers, wandering unannounced into their villages and apartments and taxis and slums.

Julie Schumacher

Book, Village, Groups

Julie Schumacher (2012). “The Unbearable Book Club for Unsinkable Girls”, p.151, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Talking to a therapist, I thought, was like taking your clothes off and then taking your skin off, and then having the other person say, "Would you mind opening up your rib cage so that we can start?

Julie Schumacher

Talking, Opening Up, Clothes

Julie Schumacher (2008). “Black Box”, p.58, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Boredom is why God invented books.

Julie Schumacher

Book, Boredom

Julie Schumacher (2012). “The Unbearable Book Club for Unsinkable Girls”, p.119, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

I love to sleep. My astrological sign is the sloth.

Julie Schumacher

Sleep, Sloth

Julie Schumacher (2012). “The Unbearable Book Club for Unsinkable Girls”, p.50, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Believing in books is a lot like believing in God.

Julie Schumacher

Believe, Book, Believe In God

A drowning person doesn't rescue herself.

Julie Schumacher

Drowning, Rescue, Persons

Julie Schumacher (2008). “Black Box”, p.116, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

My mother says that some books are good no matter when you read them, and some are good at a particular moment; they come into your life at just the right time.

Julie Schumacher

Mother, Book, Matter