There's a quote that I learned in college a million years ago. "Happy, thought I, is the man who can, in one and the same embrace, hold both his love and the object of his love." Holding the feeling that… — Jane Alison Copy Share Image
I know that I was able to find my way out of most of my feelings by writing. — Jane Alison Copy Share Image
When you get immersed in whatever you're writing, the world does suddenly get so filtered through what you're writing. And then of course what… — Jane Alison Copy Share Image
In order to have a real life of any romance, there has to be a level of fantasy. — Jane Alison Copy Share Image
The state of love is this constant flux back and forth between who's saving and who's rescuing, who's wanting and not wanting, who's needing… — Jane Alison Copy Share Image
“Making a self can be like writing, and now I think writing can be like home: a space you make that you dwell in… — Jane Alison Copy Share Image
“Just as there can be a hole in these narratives, a memoir can be as much about what's forgotten as what's remembered.” — Jane Alison Copy Share Image
I was born in Australia and grew up in the foreign services. I had this kind of trans-Pacific life. I think I was always… — Jane Alison Copy Share Image
I think sometimes to still be angry is appropriate, but you want to be able to live with it. — Jane Alison Copy Share Image
I can't say that fantasy instead of the 3D world is fine or good, but I know in my own life I have certain… — Jane Alison Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to figure out how to do a walking story. I'd never figured out how to do one and have it work… — Jane Alison Copy Share Image
I suppose you retire from trying. If you retire from trying, you think, "Maybe love will just come my way if I don't want… — Jane Alison Copy Share Image
“When you're sixteen or seventeen meaning can be anywhere. A drop of rain running down the window is a symbol, a song comes on… — Jane Alison Copy Share Image
