Top 150 Mona Awad Quotes (2024 Update)

Mona Awad Quote: “A song I used to hate that I loved surround-sounds my soul. It is a song about nightmares dressed as daydreams, about trading your soul for a kiss. I think not this song, never this song, but my soul is already singing along, riding its swells like an ocean wave, shimmering.”

1. “A song I used to hate that I loved surround-sounds my soul. It is a song about nightmares dressed as daydreams, about trading your soul for a kiss. I think not this song, never this song, but my soul is already singing along, riding its swells like an ocean wave, shimmering.”

Mona Awad Quote: “But I wasn’t listening. I wasn’t stopping. Because we were already running away again, me and my imagination.”

2. “But I wasn’t listening. I wasn’t stopping. Because we were already running away again, me and my imagination.”

Mona Awad Quote: “The poets brace themselves for imminent, overeducated poverty.”

3. “The poets brace themselves for imminent, overeducated poverty.”

Mona Awad Quote: “We never joke about bunnies, Bunny.”

4. “We never joke about bunnies, Bunny.”

Mona Awad Quote: “I miss you, Bunny. This summer was so hard without you. I barely wrote a word, I was so, so sad. Let’s never ever part again, please?” Ava laughs out loud at this. Actually laughs. Throws her feathery head back. Doesn’t bother to cover her mouth with her gloved hand. It’s a delicious, raucous sound. Ringing in the air like the evening’s missing music.”

5. “I miss you, Bunny. This summer was so hard without you. I barely wrote a word, I was so, so sad. Let’s never ever part again, please?” Ava laughs out loud at this. Actually laughs. Throws her feathery head back. Doesn’t bother to cover her mouth with her gloved hand. It’s a delicious, raucous sound. Ringing in the air like the evening’s missing music.”

Mona Awad Quote: “She was a great girl-shaped forest. She was a thing on fire. Her hand was leaves and smoke and snow and flesh all at once.”

6. “She was a great girl-shaped forest. She was a thing on fire. Her hand was leaves and smoke and snow and flesh all at once.”

Mona Awad Quote: “I’d spend hours hunting for something – anything – that would render me moderately fuckable. And if not fuckable, something in which I could grieve over the fact of not being fuckable with unbaubled dignity. I.”

7. “I’d spend hours hunting for something – anything – that would render me moderately fuckable. And if not fuckable, something in which I could grieve over the fact of not being fuckable with unbaubled dignity. I.”

Mona Awad Quote: “Their cheeks are plump and pink and shining like they’ve been eating too much sugar, but actually it’s Gossip Glow, the flushed look that comes from throwing another woman under the bus.”

8. “Their cheeks are plump and pink and shining like they’ve been eating too much sugar, but actually it’s Gossip Glow, the flushed look that comes from throwing another woman under the bus.”

Mona Awad Quote: “The way she says alone makes it sound like a cave. Like some hideous, dark cave whose oozing walls are teeming with all the unpleasant things of this world, and I am crawling willingly, brazenly, into this awful space of my own free will. Shoveling the vermin I find scuttling across the floor into my mouth for sustenance.”

9. “The way she says alone makes it sound like a cave. Like some hideous, dark cave whose oozing walls are teeming with all the unpleasant things of this world, and I am crawling willingly, brazenly, into this awful space of my own free will. Shoveling the vermin I find scuttling across the floor into my mouth for sustenance.”

Mona Awad Quote: “Or is it our amazingly empathic hive mind that we make by hugging so that we become one of those animals with a brain and heart in each tentacle that connects to a bigger, cosmic heart-brain that is like a shared, all-seeing third eye? Who knows? Who cares?”

10. “Or is it our amazingly empathic hive mind that we make by hugging so that we become one of those animals with a brain and heart in each tentacle that connects to a bigger, cosmic heart-brain that is like a shared, all-seeing third eye? Who knows? Who cares?”

Mona Awad Quote: “Death,” she says, “is just another door, Daughter, we must remember. Your mother,” she sighs, “was making such progress. A shame to lose her. But she did go the way of roses.” She smiles sadly. “Surely that’s a consolation.”

11. “Death,” she says, “is just another door, Daughter, we must remember. Your mother,” she sighs, “was making such progress. A shame to lose her. But she did go the way of roses.” She smiles sadly. “Surely that’s a consolation.”

Mona Awad Quote: “Can I take your coat?” Cupcake offers. I turn to her. She’s looking at me so hopefully. So willing to take a coat I’m not wearing, I almost want to give her my skin.”

12. “Can I take your coat?” Cupcake offers. I turn to her. She’s looking at me so hopefully. So willing to take a coat I’m not wearing, I almost want to give her my skin.”

Mona Awad Quote: “Our mothers always said to look hard at the things of this world that are owies on the eyes because they will put more colors in your inner rainbow.”

13. “Our mothers always said to look hard at the things of this world that are owies on the eyes because they will put more colors in your inner rainbow.”

Mona Awad Quote: “Behold the lavish tent under which the overeducated mingle, well versed in every art but the one of conversation.”

14. “Behold the lavish tent under which the overeducated mingle, well versed in every art but the one of conversation.”

Mona Awad Quote: “She looks so much like a cupcake that when I first met her at orientation, I had a very real desire to eat her. Bite deeply into her white shoulder. Dig a fork in her cheek.”

15. “She looks so much like a cupcake that when I first met her at orientation, I had a very real desire to eat her. Bite deeply into her white shoulder. Dig a fork in her cheek.”

Mona Awad Quote: “We all fall, Ms. Fitch. We fall and we rise. Bones and tissue heal. But sometimes we want to hold on to the pain. Sometimes we have our reasons for not being able to let go.”

16. “We all fall, Ms. Fitch. We fall and we rise. Bones and tissue heal. But sometimes we want to hold on to the pain. Sometimes we have our reasons for not being able to let go.”

Mona Awad Quote: “When I look back at her, shes staring up at the moon, smiling serenely at it like the moon is her new best friend...”

17. “When I look back at her, shes staring up at the moon, smiling serenely at it like the moon is her new best friend...”

Mona Awad Quote: “Saw in her a wondrous world, an open hand, a person I knew in my bones would be someone I’d love.”

18. “Saw in her a wondrous world, an open hand, a person I knew in my bones would be someone I’d love.”

Mona Awad Quote: “If she did ask, I would say it was grief. The deepest grief. I know she would accept that as an answer. No one knows what’s inside grief. Anything at all can be there.”

19. “If she did ask, I would say it was grief. The deepest grief. I know she would accept that as an answer. No one knows what’s inside grief. Anything at all can be there.”

Mona Awad Quote: “He called me dark, twisted, and mean.” “How sweet. He’s in love.”

20. “He called me dark, twisted, and mean.” “How sweet. He’s in love.”

Mona Awad Quote: “Like we could hug and hug and hug until our ribs crack and our hearts burst and our lungs collapse and our arms break off and still. We’d still be hugging air. No body.”

21. “Like we could hug and hug and hug until our ribs crack and our hearts burst and our lungs collapse and our arms break off and still. We’d still be hugging air. No body.”

Mona Awad Quote: “Because she looks like a cupcake. Dresses like a cupcake. Gives off a scent of baked lemony sugar. Pretty in a way that reminds you of frosting flourishes. Not the forest green and electric blue horrors in the supermarket, but the pastel kind that is used at weddings or tasteful Easter gatherings. She looks so much like a cupcake that when I first met her at orientation, I had a very real desire to eat her. Bite deeply into her white shoulder. Dig a fork in her cheek.”

22. “Because she looks like a cupcake. Dresses like a cupcake. Gives off a scent of baked lemony sugar. Pretty in a way that reminds you of frosting flourishes. Not the forest green and electric blue horrors in the supermarket, but the pastel kind that is used at weddings or tasteful Easter gatherings. She looks so much like a cupcake that when I first met her at orientation, I had a very real desire to eat her. Bite deeply into her white shoulder. Dig a fork in her cheek.”

Mona Awad Quote: “Three bunny explosions later, in which the ax gets bloodier and bloodier, the air becoming thick with the scent of dead bunny and boy, Odysseus IV is before us.”

23. “Three bunny explosions later, in which the ax gets bloodier and bloodier, the air becoming thick with the scent of dead bunny and boy, Odysseus IV is before us.”

Mona Awad Quote: “He lets go of my face. Becomes Mr. Intensely Sincere. Christian Slater with the bomb in his trench coat pocket. Christian Slater with the baboon heart.”

24. “He lets go of my face. Becomes Mr. Intensely Sincere. Christian Slater with the bomb in his trench coat pocket. Christian Slater with the baboon heart.”

Mona Awad Quote: “And I sit there, watching him chomp breadsticks and regard the waterfall sullenly, thinking how there was a time, not too long ago, when with my formerly swollen hands, I could have snapped him in two. A time when I was afraid to lean against him if we were watching TV on the couch because I worried the weight of me was too much. That if I rolled over at night, I’d accidentally crush him to death. It was a ridiculous fear – I was never that big – but it kept me up nights. That and my own hunger.”

25. “And I sit there, watching him chomp breadsticks and regard the waterfall sullenly, thinking how there was a time, not too long ago, when with my formerly swollen hands, I could have snapped him in two. A time when I was afraid to lean against him if we were watching TV on the couch because I worried the weight of me was too much. That if I rolled over at night, I’d accidentally crush him to death. It was a ridiculous fear – I was never that big – but it kept me up nights. That and my own hunger.”

Mona Awad Quote: “Because books are dead, Smackey, didn’t you know?”

26. “Because books are dead, Smackey, didn’t you know?”

Mona Awad Quote: “Some tell you, “Oh, whatever feels good”. But nothing ever feels good, does it?”

27. “Some tell you, “Oh, whatever feels good”. But nothing ever feels good, does it?”

Mona Awad Quote: “But I will not be manipulated or distracted or manipulated. Instead, I look up, right into his eyes whose many swimmy colors drown me.”

28. “But I will not be manipulated or distracted or manipulated. Instead, I look up, right into his eyes whose many swimmy colors drown me.”

Mona Awad Quote: “Envy is when you hate someone because they have something you want, she said simply.”

29. “Envy is when you hate someone because they have something you want, she said simply.”

Mona Awad Quote: “So I’ll be honest with you. In this story, I don’t look that good, except for maybe my skin, which Mel claims she would kill for. Also my tits. Mel says they’re huge and she assures me it’s a good thing.”

30. “So I’ll be honest with you. In this story, I don’t look that good, except for maybe my skin, which Mel claims she would kill for. Also my tits. Mel says they’re huge and she assures me it’s a good thing.”

Mona Awad Quote: “The real world lady, it’s out there. Do you even know that? You’re going to have to get back to it sometime.”

31. “The real world lady, it’s out there. Do you even know that? You’re going to have to get back to it sometime.”

Mona Awad Quote: “She is always there, always ready, always on time, like only the truly mediocre are.”

32. “She is always there, always ready, always on time, like only the truly mediocre are.”

Mona Awad Quote: “Disorientation can be a very interesting space to occupy as a writer, Samantha. You should try it as an exercise over the holidays. It could be quite illuminating for you, I think.”

33. “Disorientation can be a very interesting space to occupy as a writer, Samantha. You should try it as an exercise over the holidays. It could be quite illuminating for you, I think.”

Mona Awad Quote: “I hope you don’t mind this music,” he says. “No.” I want to take the CD and throw it out the window, possibly setting it on fire first.”

34. “I hope you don’t mind this music,” he says. “No.” I want to take the CD and throw it out the window, possibly setting it on fire first.”

Mona Awad Quote: “A silence so profound it’s noise. White noise. Beneath which I hear laughter.”

35. “A silence so profound it’s noise. White noise. Beneath which I hear laughter.”

Mona Awad Quote: “The universe is against us, which makes sense. So we get another McFlurry and talk about how fat we are for a while.”

36. “The universe is against us, which makes sense. So we get another McFlurry and talk about how fat we are for a while.”

Mona Awad Quote: “The truth is, if you go to Warren, no matter what is going on in your personal life – hair trouble, existential malaise, ax murder – you do the reading.”

37. “The truth is, if you go to Warren, no matter what is going on in your personal life – hair trouble, existential malaise, ax murder – you do the reading.”

Mona Awad Quote: “How amazing would that be? Each of us flushed and grinning in the spinning dark of our own overturned world.”

38. “How amazing would that be? Each of us flushed and grinning in the spinning dark of our own overturned world.”

Mona Awad Quote: “Then, Beowulf says wistfully, “Your beauty is nuanced and labyrinthine like a sentence by Proust.”

39. “Then, Beowulf says wistfully, “Your beauty is nuanced and labyrinthine like a sentence by Proust.”

Mona Awad Quote: “Maybe just a trick of the light.”

40. “Maybe just a trick of the light.”

Mona Awad Quote: “Think whatever you want, think the worst, I dare you.”

41. “Think whatever you want, think the worst, I dare you.”

Mona Awad Quote: “It starts to rain. Hard. Because that’s the kind of weather that follows this kind of girl. She’s so slutty and dark she makes the clouds slutty and dark too. Pregnant with this dirty rain that starts to fall hard on both of us.”

42. “It starts to rain. Hard. Because that’s the kind of weather that follows this kind of girl. She’s so slutty and dark she makes the clouds slutty and dark too. Pregnant with this dirty rain that starts to fall hard on both of us.”

Mona Awad Quote: “Samantha,” he says, “there is no need at all for eye water.”

43. “Samantha,” he says, “there is no need at all for eye water.”

Mona Awad Quote: “Even with my skin and tits, though, it’s still Mel who looks better. She’s got psoriasis and a mustache she has to bleach and still. It’s definitely Mel who has any hope in hell with any of the boys we like.”

44. “Even with my skin and tits, though, it’s still Mel who looks better. She’s got psoriasis and a mustache she has to bleach and still. It’s definitely Mel who has any hope in hell with any of the boys we like.”

Mona Awad Quote: “Probably you have visited the Falls of Falling. For like an hour, a half day, a day and night tops, you parked in event parking, even though there is no event there but water.”

45. “Probably you have visited the Falls of Falling. For like an hour, a half day, a day and night tops, you parked in event parking, even though there is no event there but water.”

Mona Awad Quote: “Normally Fosco adores Caroline’s pieces, fragmented narratives involving anxious young women who clearly have never had jobs, who instead brood through afternoonish times of day, think quirky thoughts, bake, and are wistful.”

46. “Normally Fosco adores Caroline’s pieces, fragmented narratives involving anxious young women who clearly have never had jobs, who instead brood through afternoonish times of day, think quirky thoughts, bake, and are wistful.”

Mona Awad Quote: “It dawns on me that perhaps this isn’t a gesture of kindness and trust at all, it’s a test. Or worse, a way to humiliate me. To show me that they are the ones who have this gift, not me. Not you, Samantha. Sorry. This ability comes with being us. We inherited it, like our summer houses, our grand pianos, our perfect, nuanced taste.”

47. “It dawns on me that perhaps this isn’t a gesture of kindness and trust at all, it’s a test. Or worse, a way to humiliate me. To show me that they are the ones who have this gift, not me. Not you, Samantha. Sorry. This ability comes with being us. We inherited it, like our summer houses, our grand pianos, our perfect, nuanced taste.”

Mona Awad Quote: “Behind the blob, I notice another Darling lurking in the corner. He has a wooden spoon in one hand and a hammer in the other. Chefarpenter, because they couldn’t decide if he should be a chef or a carpenter.”

48. “Behind the blob, I notice another Darling lurking in the corner. He has a wooden spoon in one hand and a hammer in the other. Chefarpenter, because they couldn’t decide if he should be a chef or a carpenter.”

Mona Awad Quote: “Then the light goes out. A wind comes. The curtains catch fire. The bunny explodes.”

49. “Then the light goes out. A wind comes. The curtains catch fire. The bunny explodes.”

Mona Awad Quote: “That’s just what you think you saw,” Victoria says.”

50. “That’s just what you think you saw,” Victoria says.”

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