We are taught to believe it's bad to be angry, or at least it's not good. That's not the case all throughout the world. People are more open and not embarrassed about it. For instance in Paris, people believe Americans… — Koren Zailckas Copy Share Image
My short stature may have something to do with my tendency to shout when enraged. How else is anyone going to hear me way… — Koren Zailckas Copy Share
I grew up in a family that despised displays of strong emotion, rage in particular. We stewed. We sulked. When arguments did occur, they… — Koren Zailckas Copy Share
I think when you're 14 years old, I think you're sort of looking for markers that prove you're an adult and you're independent of… — Koren Zailckas Copy Share
What makes a narcissistic mother so scary? Her absolute power and controlling influence. A narcissistic mother is your only 'friend,' at least until you're… — Koren Zailckas Copy Share
“Instead of seeing bad in yourself, you perceive it in others. It’s a defense mechanism. One that allows people to go on believing they’re… — Koren Zailckas Copy Share
For the first month of school, writing is its own upper. Pounding on my computer keys feels like playing the piano, like arranging words… — Koren Zailckas Copy Share
Having a child doesn't make a woman a mother any more than owning a paintbrush makes her Frida Kahlo. — Koren Zailckas Copy Share
I'm sick of the ignorance that lack of funding has generated, of the fathers who apporach me at dinner parties with their four-year-old girls… — Koren Zailckas Copy Share
If mothers are our first teachers, then having a narcissistic one teaches us that human closeness is terrifying, and the world is a heartless,… — Koren Zailckas Copy Share
I don't know where the idea originated that memoir writing is cathartic. For me, it's always felt like playing my own neurosurgeon, sans anesthesia.… — Koren Zailckas Copy Share
Since I've quit drinking, I'm not sure I've found the good life, but I've certainly uncovered a better one. — Koren Zailckas Copy Share
“One night, Tess finds me sobbing during the health segment of the evening news. Scientists have discovered scarred cells from cardiac arrest fall away… — Koren Zailckas Copy Share
I am aware that somewhere along the line, I've subconsciously turned down the pitch of my speech, like a silencer of a gun that… — Koren Zailckas Copy Share
“For the next four years, they will again and again tout themselves as “real” and I will be too naïve to know that anyone… — Koren Zailckas Copy Share
