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> [“What we want, of course, what lies in the cupboard marked 'important,' is connection, love: If the deepest source of human hunger had a name, that would be it; if the boxes of constraint in which so many women live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/what-we-want-of-course-what-lies-in-the-cupboard-marked-important-is/)

[Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/)

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## More by Caroline Knapp

> [I'm 38 and I'm single, and I'm having my most intense and gratifying relationship with a dog. But we all learn about love in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/i-m-38-and-i-m-single-and-i-m-having-my-most-intense-and-gratifying/)

[Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/)

> [The kinds of roles dogs fill can be hard to come by in human relationships. We touch the dog or the pet at whim.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/the-kinds-of-roles-dogs-fill-can-be-hard-to-come-by-in-human/)

[Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/)

> [It happened this way: I fell in love and then, because the love was ruining everything I cared about, I had to fall out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/it-happened-this-way-i-fell-in-love-and-then-because-the-love-was/)

[Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/)

> [Was he smart enough? Introspective enough? Was it just enough to love him, or should I attach myself to someone who seemed farther ahead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/was-he-smart-enough-introspective-enough-was-it-just-enough-to-love/)

[Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/)

> [Who has the best features? This was a little game, conducted several times and always with the same results, in seventh grade, the time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/who-has-the-best-features-this-was-a-little-game-conducted-several/)

[Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/)

> [“Life had this unmoored quality, full of voids and barely acknowledged yearnings, and if I'd made a list of things I wanted desperately at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/life-had-this-unmoored-quality-full-of-voids-and-barely-acknowledged/)

[Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/)

> [The hard things in life, the things you really learn from, happen with a clear mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/the-hard-things-in-life-the-things-you-really-learn-from-happen-with/)

[Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/)

> [When you're starving or wrapped up in a cycle of binge-ing-and-purging, or sexually obsessed with (someone), it is very hard to think about anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/when-you-re-starving-or-wrapped-up-in-a-cycle-of-binge-ing-and/)

[Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/)

> [Dogs are fantasies that don't disappoint.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/dogs-are-fantasies-that-don-t-disappoint/)

[Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/)

> [The clothes are different: pre-dog, I used to be very finicky and self-conscious about how I looked; now I schlep around in the worst…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/the-clothes-are-different-pre-dog-i-used-to-be-very-finicky-and-self/)

[Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/)

> [Dogs have such short life spans, it's like a concentrated version of a human life. When they get older, they become much more like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/dogs-have-such-short-life-spans-it-s-like-a-concentrated-version-of-a/)

[Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/)

> [Anorexia is a response to cultural images of the female body - waiflike, angular - that both capitulates to the ideal and also mocks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/anorexia-is-a-response-to-cultural-images-of-the-female-body-waiflike/)

[Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/)

> [By definition, memoir demands a certain degree of introspection and self-disclosure: In order to fully engage a reader, the narrator has to make herself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/by-definition-memoir-demands-a-certain-degree-of-introspection-and/)

[Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/)

> [Academic achievement was something I'd always sought as a form of reward. Good grades pleased my parents, good grades pleased my teachers; you got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/academic-achievement-was-something-i-d-always-sought-as-a-form-of/)

[Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/)

> [These are big trade-offs for a simple piece of cake - add five hundred calories, subtract well-being, allure, and self-esteem - and the feelings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/these-are-big-trade-offs-for-a-simple-piece-of-cake-add-five-hundred/)

[Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/)

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