Carol Matas Quotes

Canada, Writer
November 14, 1949

Carol Matas is a prominent Canadian writer, internationally recognized (born November 14, 1949) who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba with studies in Linguistics and Drama. She has a vast university experience in the teaching of creative writing that has distinguished herself in this genre. She has been awarded multiple prizes for her works of children's and youth literature.

I want someone to pinch me so I can feel something, anything. I'm sick of this numbness, of feeling so alone and outside of everything, but I know it's too dangerous to wake up." —Ruth Mendenberg

Carol Matas
- Feelings
- Feels
- Sick
(B)ut who can start over when memories never leave you? —Ruth Mendenberg

Carol Matas
- Memories
- Ruth

We are alive. We are human, with good and bad in us. That's all we know for sure. We can't create a new species or a new world. That's been done. Now we have to live within those boundaries . What are our choices? We can despair and curse, and change nothing. We can choose evil like our enemies have done and create a world based on hate. Or we can try to make things better.

Carol Matas
- World
- Trying
- Hate
I am wandering inside, wandering through my past, trying to see if there is a place there strong enough to hold me.

Carol Matas
- Trying
- Past
- Strong