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> [The thing to do when you're feeling ambivalent is to wait.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheila-heti/the-thing-to-do-when-you-re-feeling-ambivalent-is-to-wait/)

[Sheila Heti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheila-heti/)

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## More by Sheila Heti

> [I believe there's a platonic ideal for every book that is written, like there's the perfect version of the book somewhere in the ether,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheila-heti/i-believe-there-s-a-platonic-ideal-for-every-book-that-is-written/)

[Sheila Heti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheila-heti/)

> [I really enjoyed the process of 'Women in Clothes,' but there's no way I would have done that again. It felt more like being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheila-heti/i-really-enjoyed-the-process-of-women-in-clothes-but-there-s-no-way-i/)

[Sheila Heti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheila-heti/)

> [“style is about knowing what you like and why you like it, more than anything else. GRACE”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheila-heti/style-is-about-knowing-what-you-like-and-why-you-like-it-more-than/)

[Sheila Heti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheila-heti/)

> [I'd rather that people could be both entertained and given rest while reading my book than for someone to have to put the book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheila-heti/i-d-rather-that-people-could-be-both-entertained-and-given-rest-while/)

[Sheila Heti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheila-heti/)

> [“I know that character exists from the outside alone. I know that inside the body there's just temperature.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheila-heti/i-know-that-character-exists-from-the-outside-alone-i-know-that/)

[Sheila Heti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheila-heti/)

> [I don't think about the reader when I'm writing, but I do when I'm editing, of course. For instance, I self-consciously didn't want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheila-heti/i-don-t-think-about-the-reader-when-i-m-writing-but-i-do-when-i-m/)

[Sheila Heti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheila-heti/)

> [He’s just another man who wants to teach me something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheila-heti/he-s-just-another-man-who-wants-to-teach-me-something/)

[Sheila Heti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheila-heti/)

> [“She had thought that when someone died, it would be like they went into a different room. She had not known that life itself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheila-heti/she-had-thought-that-when-someone-died-it-would-be-like-they-went/)

[Sheila Heti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheila-heti/)

> [It's so weird how our existence hinges on just absolute crazy chance, but it feels so essential. It's like, 'Nothing would be here if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheila-heti/it-s-so-weird-how-our-existence-hinges-on-just-absolute-crazy-chance/)

[Sheila Heti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheila-heti/)

> [In 'Sweet Days of Discipline,' the narrator, years after graduating, fortuitously encounters her old friend Frederique at a movie theatre. Frederique invites her home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheila-heti/in-sweet-days-of-discipline-the-narrator-years-after-graduating/)

[Sheila Heti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheila-heti/)

> [Every choice you make has higher stakes - or that's how it feels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheila-heti/every-choice-you-make-has-higher-stakes-or-that-s-how-it-feels/)

[Sheila Heti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheila-heti/)

> [Women without children can help mothers, and we can just be all in this together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheila-heti/women-without-children-can-help-mothers-and-we-can-just-be-all-in/)

[Sheila Heti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheila-heti/)

> [The reason I write is because I have questions. What I don't want is for people to forget that I'm a novelist and think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheila-heti/the-reason-i-write-is-because-i-have-questions-what-i-don-t-want-is/)

[Sheila Heti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheila-heti/)

> [“But style, I also learned, is not about strictly copying others, because style is not transferable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheila-heti/but-style-i-also-learned-is-not-about-strictly-copying-others-because/)

[Sheila Heti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheila-heti/)

> [Renown is something people have always wanted, but maybe what's modern is that it's considered a virtue, this desire, rather than a vice. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheila-heti/renown-is-something-people-have-always-wanted-but-maybe-what-s-modern/)

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