The first thing the Chinese ask you when they meet you is: 'How much money do you make?' It's a legitimate question to ask in China. Rosemary Mahoney chinachineselegitimate Change image and share on social
My mother had seven children in seven years. No twins. She also had a three-legged beagle who was compelled to bite strangers, a freakishly big double-pawed tomcat who regularly left dead rabbits on the front doorstep, and 70 white mice that one or another of us had smuggled home from my father's research laboratory. Rosemary Mahoney beaglebigbite share on social
I think most memoirs, though they purport to be about this particular time or this person you met, are really about the effect that person or time had on you. Rosemary Mahoney effectmeetmemoir Change image and share on social
I was a good student, sort of funny and athletic. I had friends. Rosemary Mahoney athleticfriendfunny Change image and share on social
I fear that my mind would starve and that I might find myself in danger if I had no visual information, that it's chiefly the light, the shapes, the spaces, the colors that I see that compel me to keep moving forward in life and that keep me safe. Rosemary Mahoney chieflycolorcompel share on social
In 'A Likely Story,' I wanted to recreate the events, the mood, and the imagery of my life as a teenager. I was thirty-seven when I wrote it. Rosemary Mahoney eventimagerylife Change image and share on social
There's as much revealed in the way a person lifts a glass as in what they say about some political issue. Rosemary Mahoney glassissuelift Change image and share on social
As a teen-ager I was constantly trying to please people, which I guess is true of all adolescents. Rosemary Mahoney adolescentagerconstantly Change image and share on social
One of the many misconceptions about the blind is that they have greater hearing, sense of smell and sense of touch than sighted people. This is not strictly true. Their blindness simply forces them to recognize gifts they always had but had heretofore largely ignored. Rosemary Mahoney blindblindnessforce share on social
I am not afraid to die. I simply do not want to. Rosemary Mahoney afraiddiesimply Change image and share on social