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title: "2 Event Quotes By Koren Zailckas"
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> [I grew up in a family that despised displays of strong emotion, rage in particular. We stewed. We sulked. When arguments did occur, they were full-scale conniptions, and we regarded them as family failings. Afterward, we withdrew from one another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/koren-zailckas/i-grew-up-in-a-family-that-despised-displays-of-strong-emotion-rage-2/)

[Koren Zailckas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/koren-zailckas/)

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> [I would never make up a character who didn't exist or an event that didn't transpire. If you're a real writer, you have other tools in your toolbox to build drama.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/koren-zailckas/i-would-never-make-up-a-character-who-didn-t-exist-or-an-event-that/)

[Koren Zailckas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/koren-zailckas/)

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## More by Koren Zailckas

> [My short stature may have something to do with my tendency to shout when enraged. How else is anyone going to hear me way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/koren-zailckas/my-short-stature-may-have-something-to-do-with-my-tendency-to-shout/)

[Koren Zailckas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/koren-zailckas/)

> [I grew up in a family that despised displays of strong emotion, rage in particular. We stewed. We sulked. When arguments did occur, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/koren-zailckas/i-grew-up-in-a-family-that-despised-displays-of-strong-emotion-rage/)

[Koren Zailckas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/koren-zailckas/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/koren-zailckas/i-think-when-you-re-14-years-old-i-think-you-re-sort-of-looking-for/)

[Koren Zailckas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/koren-zailckas/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/koren-zailckas/what-makes-a-narcissistic-mother-so-scary-her-absolute-power-and/)

[Koren Zailckas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/koren-zailckas/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/koren-zailckas/instead-of-seeing-bad-in-yourself-you-perceive-it-in-others-it-s-a/)

[Koren Zailckas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/koren-zailckas/)

> [For the first month of school, writing is its own upper. Pounding on my computer keys feels like playing the piano, like arranging words…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/koren-zailckas/for-the-first-month-of-school-writing-is-its-own-upper-pounding-on-my/)

[Koren Zailckas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/koren-zailckas/)

> [Having a child doesn't make a woman a mother any more than owning a paintbrush makes her Frida Kahlo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/koren-zailckas/having-a-child-doesn-t-make-a-woman-a-mother-any-more-than-owning-a/)

[Koren Zailckas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/koren-zailckas/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/koren-zailckas/i-m-sick-of-the-ignorance-that-lack-of-funding-has-generated-of-the/)

[Koren Zailckas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/koren-zailckas/)

> [If mothers are our first teachers, then having a narcissistic one teaches us that human closeness is terrifying, and the world is a heartless,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/koren-zailckas/if-mothers-are-our-first-teachers-then-having-a-narcissistic-one/)

[Koren Zailckas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/koren-zailckas/)

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/koren-zailckas/i-don-t-know-where-the-idea-originated-that-memoir-writing-is/)

[Koren Zailckas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/koren-zailckas/)

> [Since I've quit drinking, I'm not sure I've found the good life, but I've certainly uncovered a better one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/koren-zailckas/since-i-ve-quit-drinking-i-m-not-sure-i-ve-found-the-good-life-but-i/)

[Koren Zailckas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/koren-zailckas/)

> [Like most women, I remember my first drink in tender minutiae.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/koren-zailckas/like-most-women-i-remember-my-first-drink-in-tender-minutiae/)

[Koren Zailckas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/koren-zailckas/)

> [“One night, Tess finds me sobbing during the health segment of the evening news. Scientists have discovered scarred cells from cardiac arrest fall away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/koren-zailckas/one-night-tess-finds-me-sobbing-during-the-health-segment-of-the/)

[Koren Zailckas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/koren-zailckas/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/koren-zailckas/i-am-aware-that-somewhere-along-the-line-i-ve-subconsciously-turned/)

[Koren Zailckas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/koren-zailckas/)

> [“For the next four years, they will again and again tout themselves as “real” and I will be too naïve to know that anyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/koren-zailckas/for-the-next-four-years-they-will-again-and-again-tout-themselves-as/)

[Koren Zailckas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/koren-zailckas/)

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