Carol Shields Quotes


"I don't think I would have been a writer if I hadn't been a mother. I wanted to construct something that contained some of these feelings that I had, some of these discoveries or revelations."
- Carol Shields
(Related: Mother, Feelings, Writer)

"I'm concerned about the unknowability of other people."
- Carol Shields
(Related: People)

"There are chapters in every life which are seldom read and certainly not aloud."
- Carol Shields
(Related: Life)