This is one of the take-home messages for me: we just walk around with this narrative in America that everybody wants to be rich and famous. That that’s why people do what they do. And you know, all through these… — Jeanne Marie Laskas Copy Share Image
“Lately, in this city I love, this neighborhood I love, all I seem to notice are the intrusions. Hot Air. Reeking garbage. Lunatic neighbors...I… — Jeanne Marie Laskas Copy Share Image
Why do we think the people on stage are the only ones having fun? — Jeanne Marie Laskas Copy Share Image
“Now, brooder is an interesting word. People who worry a lot in silence are known as brooders. But then again so is a hen sitting on her eggs. The more I get to know chickens, the more I realize half our language comes from chickens. Well, not half. But an awful lot considering this isn't Latin or anything. Cooped up.… — Jeanne Marie Laskas Copy Share
“Chaos, I think, is youth. Youth at any age. Because as long as you have chaos, you are free of responsibility. When you are in chaos, when you don't know what's going on, when you're an ignorant dreamer...when you're floating through space like that, you aren't supposed to get anything right, you aren't supposed to make sense, you're supposed to… — Jeanne Marie Laskas Copy Share
Solitude is a place where all is quiet - except the beating of your heart. — Jeanne Marie Laskas Copy Share Image
But the writing life, it turned out, was difficult. It wasn't like you could sit down and flip a switch and crank on the… — Jeanne Marie Laskas Copy Share Image
“long braids, used Ivory soap, and liked to stencil her walls with” — Jeanne Marie Laskas Copy Share Image
You plant a garden one flower at a time. ... You write a book one word at a time, clean a closet one shelf… — Jeanne Marie Laskas Copy Share Image
I was suppose to write a book about being a mom, to organize my thoughts into chapters and figure out a structure to hang… — Jeanne Marie Laskas Copy Share Image
“Brooding is more something I do when I'm working. I know so much more about sitting around worrying about a work project than I do about worrying about kids. This could just be a fact of life for older moms. We've worked and worked and worked and if we are lucky enough to finally have a child or two, we… — Jeanne Marie Laskas Copy Share
Isolation is aloneness that feels forced upon you, like a punishment. Solitude is aloneness you choose and embrace. I think great things can come… — Jeanne Marie Laskas Copy Share Image
