Literary Birthday – 15 November – Liane Moriarty

Happy Birthday, Liane Moriarty, born on 15 November 1966.

Liane Moriarty Quotes from Novels

1. None of us ever know all the possible courses our lives could have and maybe should have taken. It’s probably just as well. Some secrets are meant to stay secret forever.
2. Reading a novel was like returning to a once-beloved holiday destination.
3. Did anyone really know their child? Your child was a little stranger, constantly changing, disappearing and reintroducing himself to you. New personality traits could appear overnight.
4. They say it’s good to let your grudges go, but I don’t know, I’m quite fond of my grudge. I tend it like a little pet.
5. Marriage was a form of insanity; love hovering permanently on the edge of aggravation.
6. The medication, the hormones and the relentless frustrations of our lives make us bitchy and you’re not allowed to be bitchy in public or people won’t like you.
7. It had never crossed her mind that sending your child to school would be like going back to school yourself.
8. All conflict can be traced back to someone’s feelings getting hurt, don’t you think?
9. Children did this. They sensed when there was something controversial or sensitive and they pushed and pushed like tiny prosecutors.
10. You could try as hard as you could to imagine someone else’s tragedy—drowning in icy waters, living in a city split by a wall—but nothing truly hurts until it happens to you.

Liane Moriarty Writing Advice

‘Think of nothing else but your story – not the world of publishing, or what makes a best-seller, or should you self-publish or not, or should it be more erotic or funnier or sadder, or how will you make sure nobody else steals your ideas – just lose yourself in the pleasure of writing your story. Then edit, edit, edit. THEN and only then should you think about all that other stuff.’

Read: Liane Moriarty’s Writing Tips

Liane Moriarty is an Australian author known for her bestselling novels of domestic and contemporary women’s fiction. Her stories focus on relationships, family life, secrets, and the pressures of modern society, combining humour and emotional drama with elements of mystery. She wrote her first novel, Three Wishes, while completing a master’s degree at Macquarie University. Published in 2003, it was followed by The Last Anniversary, What Alice Forgot, and The Hypnotist’s Love Story. Her breakthrough came with The Husband’s Secret, which became a number-one New York Times bestseller. Her next novel, Big Little Lies, debuted at number one, making Moriarty the first Australian author to achieve this. The novel was later adapted into a successful television series starring Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman. Moriarty continued to explore family relationships, secrets, grief, identity, and difficult social issues in novels including Truly Madly Guilty, Nine Perfect Strangers, Apples Never Fall, and Here One Moment. Her novels often centre on ordinary people whose seemingly secure lives are disrupted by unexpected events or hidden truths. Moriarty has sold more than 25 million books worldwide, and her novels have been translated into 40 languages. Her first sequel, Big Little Truths, returns to the characters of Big Little Lies and is set 10 years after the events of the original novel. Moriarty’s sisters, Jaclyn and Nicola Moriarty, are also authors. Follow Liane Moriarty on Instagram.

Source for image: Author’s website

by Amanda Patterson
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