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> [We're taught to find the antecedents to our adult failures in childhood traumas, and so we spend our lives looking bacwards and pointing fingers, rather than bucking up and forging ahead. But what if your childhood was all a big…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-julavits/we-re-taught-to-find-the-antecedents-to-our-adult-failures-in/)

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## More by Heidi Julavits

> [I am simply looking for a companion with whom to spend my days, a companion who will cherish as much as I the stupidity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-julavits/i-am-simply-looking-for-a-companion-with-whom-to-spend-my-days-a/)

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> [There are some writers who are done when they finish a draft because they've thought it through beforehand. Whereas I'll finish a first draft…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-julavits/there-are-some-writers-who-are-done-when-they-finish-a-draft-because/)

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> [I won't deny that I have a far more productive writing life without the Internet, mostly because I rekindle my ability to concentrate on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-julavits/i-won-t-deny-that-i-have-a-far-more-productive-writing-life-without/)

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> [“I take you for a girl who's eager to grow unstable at the first indication that things can come back to haunt a person,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-julavits/i-take-you-for-a-girl-who-s-eager-to-grow-unstable-at-the-first/)

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> [I'm at that age where I notice friends checking out my face and wondering, Has she been Botoxed? There's a new map there people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-julavits/i-m-at-that-age-where-i-notice-friends-checking-out-my-face-and/)

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> [If, at some future point, my face collapses around my eyes, I'd probably do something about it. My eyes are where I live, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-julavits/if-at-some-future-point-my-face-collapses-around-my-eyes-i-d-probably/)

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> [I obviously read and adore traditional fiction. I teach traditional fiction; I also teach all kinds of not-so-traditional fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-julavits/i-obviously-read-and-adore-traditional-fiction-i-teach-traditional/)

[Heidi Julavits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-julavits/)

> [I obviously read and adore traditional fiction. I teach traditional fiction, I also teach all kind of not-so-traditional fiction. And since I'm such a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-julavits/i-obviously-read-and-adore-traditional-fiction-i-teach-traditional-2/)

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> [I wouldn't be myself if I weren't always trying to be someone else. I only have so much time on this earth and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-julavits/i-wouldn-t-be-myself-if-i-weren-t-always-trying-to-be-someone-else-i/)

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> [If you agree with an outside person's interpretation of you, that's a happy bit of affirmation. It means you're communicating externally what you believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-julavits/if-you-agree-with-an-outside-person-s-interpretation-of-you-that-s-a/)

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> [I have a daughter who, when younger, possessed no barrier between her emotional self and the outside world. Her emotional insides spilled out all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-julavits/i-have-a-daughter-who-when-younger-possessed-no-barrier-between-her/)

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> [I can't even tell you what else I imagined. I can only humiliate myself to such a degree; at a certain point it becomes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-julavits/i-can-t-even-tell-you-what-else-i-imagined-i-can-only-humiliate/)

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> [It's fascinating to imagine two successful writers in one house. But when you think about it, it isn't very unusual. In fact, so many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-julavits/it-s-fascinating-to-imagine-two-successful-writers-in-one-house-but/)

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> [When my husband first read a draft, he said, "You spend too much time describing the characters' outfits." He was right. I removed much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-julavits/when-my-husband-first-read-a-draft-he-said-you-spend-too-much-time/)

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> [I really did for a few weeks think, I'm in pain because the world needs me to save it. Which is so ridiculous and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-julavits/i-really-did-for-a-few-weeks-think-i-m-in-pain-because-the-world/)

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