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Top 20 Patricia MacLachlan Quotes (2025 Update)

Patricia MacLachlan Quote: “Fact and fiction are different truths.”

1. “Fact and fiction are different truths.”

— Patricia MacLachlan

Patricia MacLachlan Quote: “You should know that there are some things for which there are no answers, no matter how beautiful the words may be.”

2. “You should know that there are some things for which there are no answers, no matter how beautiful the words may be.”

— Patricia MacLachlan

Patricia MacLachlan Quote: “My greatest fear is being somewhere without a book.”

3. “My greatest fear is being somewhere without a book.”

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Patricia MacLachlan Quote: “I, myself, write to change my life, to make it come out the way I want it to. But other people write for other reasons: to see more closely what it is they are thinking about, what they may be afraid of. Sometimes writers write to solve a problem, to answer their own question. All these reasons are good reasons. And that is the most important thing I’ll ever tell you. Maybe it is the most important thing you’ll ever hear. Ever.”

4. “I, myself, write to change my life, to make it come out the way I want it to. But other people write for other reasons: to see more closely what it is they are thinking about, what they may be afraid of. Sometimes writers write to solve a problem, to answer their own question. All these reasons are good reasons. And that is the most important thing I’ll ever tell you. Maybe it is the most important thing you’ll ever hear. Ever.”

— Patricia MacLachlan

Patricia MacLachlan Quote: “Life is not a straight line, she said. And sometimes we circle back to a past time. But we are not the same. We are changed forever.”

5. “Life is not a straight line, she said. And sometimes we circle back to a past time. But we are not the same. We are changed forever.”

— Patricia MacLachlan

Patricia MacLachlan Quote: “There is always something to miss, no matter where you are.”

6. “There is always something to miss, no matter where you are.”

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Patricia MacLachlan Quote: “Sometimes poetry – words – give us a small, lovely look at ourselves. And sometimes that is enough.”

7. “Sometimes poetry – words – give us a small, lovely look at ourselves. And sometimes that is enough.”

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Patricia MacLachlan Quote: “I will come by train. I will wear a yellow bonnet. I am plain and tall.”

8. “I will come by train. I will wear a yellow bonnet. I am plain and tall.”

— Patricia MacLachlan

Patricia MacLachlan Quote: “Tune, tune,” said Porch briskly. He turned to Orson. “And is there a word for today?” Orson was the word person, spilling words out as if they were notes on a staff. “Rebarbative,” said Orson promptly. “Causing annoyance or irritation. Mozart’s rebarbative music causes me to want to throw up.” Porch sighed. Orson preferred Schubert.”

9. “Tune, tune,” said Porch briskly. He turned to Orson. “And is there a word for today?” Orson was the word person, spilling words out as if they were notes on a staff. “Rebarbative,” said Orson promptly. “Causing annoyance or irritation. Mozart’s rebarbative music causes me to want to throw up.” Porch sighed. Orson preferred Schubert.”

— Patricia MacLachlan

Patricia MacLachlan Quote: “I think its important to remember where I began. I know that when I talk to other writers, say, writers from the South or writers from abroad, its where they begin as children that is important to them.”

10. “I think its important to remember where I began. I know that when I talk to other writers, say, writers from the South or writers from abroad, its where they begin as children that is important to them.”

— Patricia MacLachlan

Patricia MacLachlan Quote: “Dogs speak words, but only poets and children Hear.”

11. “Dogs speak words, but only poets and children Hear.”

— Patricia MacLachlan

Patricia MacLachlan Quote: “At last Porch explodes. “I feel like I’m walking four dogs at the same time,” he says loudly. “One short-legged, one long-legged, one old and decrepit, and one just plain foolish!” He points at Orson. “You are not listening. Imelda, you are in love with your vibrato. Minna and Lucas, your minds are elsewhere. Up, up!” Porch waves his arms.”

12. “At last Porch explodes. “I feel like I’m walking four dogs at the same time,” he says loudly. “One short-legged, one long-legged, one old and decrepit, and one just plain foolish!” He points at Orson. “You are not listening. Imelda, you are in love with your vibrato. Minna and Lucas, your minds are elsewhere. Up, up!” Porch waves his arms.”

— Patricia MacLachlan

Patricia MacLachlan Quote: “There is a joy... in creating surprising insight into a character. The characters in my books become, for me, good friends, extended family members, or the brothers and sisters I never had. Books affect lives, especially children’s lives, because children have a genuine belief in the truth of stories, the ultimate gift for the writer. It’s a shared gift – from writer to reader and back again.”

13. “There is a joy... in creating surprising insight into a character. The characters in my books become, for me, good friends, extended family members, or the brothers and sisters I never had. Books affect lives, especially children’s lives, because children have a genuine belief in the truth of stories, the ultimate gift for the writer. It’s a shared gift – from writer to reader and back again.”

— Patricia MacLachlan

Patricia MacLachlan Quote: “Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.”

14. “Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.”

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Patricia MacLachlan Quote: “All the world can be found in poetry. All you need to see and hear. All the moments, good and bad, joyous and sad.”

15. “All the world can be found in poetry. All you need to see and hear. All the moments, good and bad, joyous and sad.”

— Patricia MacLachlan

Patricia MacLachlan Quote: “Poets and children,” said Sylvan. “We are the same really. When you can’t find a poet, find a child. Remember that.”

16. “Poets and children,” said Sylvan. “We are the same really. When you can’t find a poet, find a child. Remember that.”

— Patricia MacLachlan

Patricia MacLachlan Quote: “You have a story in there, Lucy,” she said, touching my head. “Or a character, a place, a poem, a moment in time. When you find it, you will write it. Word after word after word after word,” she whispered.”

17. “You have a story in there, Lucy,” she said, touching my head. “Or a character, a place, a poem, a moment in time. When you find it, you will write it. Word after word after word after word,” she whispered.”

— Patricia MacLachlan

Patricia MacLachlan Quote: “I have great respect for children. And I have great respect for their ability as writers.”

18. “I have great respect for children. And I have great respect for their ability as writers.”

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Patricia MacLachlan Quote: “Im working on a bunch of things with my daughter Emily. In some ways, shes a smarter and better editor than I am.”

19. “Im working on a bunch of things with my daughter Emily. In some ways, shes a smarter and better editor than I am.”

— Patricia MacLachlan

Patricia MacLachlan Quote: “It’s WA today, Minna,” called Orson from across the room, Orson’s name for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Orson played second violin with a sloppy serenity, rolling his eyes and sticking out his tongue, his bowing long and sweeping and beautiful even when out of tune. “If you must make a mistake,” he had quoted, “make it a big one.” Was it Heifetz who had said it? Perlman? Zukerman maybe?”

20. “It’s WA today, Minna,” called Orson from across the room, Orson’s name for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Orson played second violin with a sloppy serenity, rolling his eyes and sticking out his tongue, his bowing long and sweeping and beautiful even when out of tune. “If you must make a mistake,” he had quoted, “make it a big one.” Was it Heifetz who had said it? Perlman? Zukerman maybe?”

— Patricia MacLachlan

Patricia MacLachlan Quote: “There are no words for this.”

21. “There are no words for this.”

— Patricia MacLachlan

Patricia MacLachlan Quote: “My brother William is a fisherman, and he tells me that when he is in the middle of a fog-bound sea the water is a color for which there is no name.”

22. “My brother William is a fisherman, and he tells me that when he is in the middle of a fog-bound sea the water is a color for which there is no name.”

— Patricia MacLachlan

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