The first person who ever told me that happiness was work was this manic-depressive artist I knew when I was in my 20s. I was like, 'What are you talking about? Happiness just happens. That's even the root of that… — Ariel Gore Copy Share Image
“When we strike a balance between the challenge of an activity and our skill at performing it, when the rhythm of the work itself… — Ariel Gore Copy Share Image
When you study postpartum depression, there is a very clear understanding that in communities where you see more support, there is less depression. — Ariel Gore Copy Share Image
I don't know if my mother was a narcissist - or bi-polar or borderline. Those were words she tossed around over the years. — Ariel Gore Copy Share Image
Conventional wisdom tells us we'll only be happier after a divorce if the marriage itself was a war zone. — Ariel Gore Copy Share Image
My own habit had always been to write about the things that ticked me off in a given day. If I kept a journal… — Ariel Gore Copy Share Image
I think there are different kinds of happiness. We know when we're happy a lot of the time, but then there are those moments… — Ariel Gore Copy Share Image
Some caregivers want to reciprocate the care they themselves received as children. — Ariel Gore Copy Share Image
“Poet' had always sounded like a profession to me, or a talent. But the dead American [Muriel Rukeyser, The Life of Poetry] made it… — Ariel Gore Copy Share Image
In my experience, staying in a marriage that my ex and I both agreed had all its best moments behind it was epically depressing. — Ariel Gore Copy Share Image
I always do like seeing other people dance in their cars. It's one of the things that makes me happy. — Ariel Gore Copy Share Image
Maybe it goes without saying that if you want to become a famous writer before you’re dead, you’ll have to write something. But the… — Ariel Gore Copy Share Image
New Agers have always told us that we create our own realities. Mind over matter. — Ariel Gore Copy Share Image
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