Maggie Hall Quotes

The only thing that feels right is as wrong as it can get

Maggie Hall

Do you know what a fate map is in biology? It’s a map of which cells in an embryo should develop into which specific adult tissues. But what they should develop into isn’t necessarily what they actually do develop into. They can be manipulated, or change on their own, and end up as something completely different from what they were fated for.

Maggie Hall

The sun came out the next day, which it had no right to do.

Maggie Hall

The thing is, being lonely is like walking in the cold without a coat. It’s uncomfortable, but eventually you go numb. Once you get used to not being lonely, though, the shock of going back is like having your down comforter yanked off at six o’clock on a Minnesota December morning.

Maggie Hall

It felt dangerous. It felt amazing. It felt like of course the lights were out, because all the electricity in the city was in my veins.

Maggie Hall