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> [“The truth is that what fascinates me is not so much being in a place as not being there: how places live in the mind once you have left them, how they are imagined before you arrive, or how they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/the-truth-is-that-what-fascinates-me-is-not-so-much-being-in-a-place/)

[Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/)

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## More by Siri Hustvedt

> [I am married to a writer, and this - writing - is an odd enterprise. It's something we both support very strongly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/i-am-married-to-a-writer-and-this-writing-is-an-odd-enterprise-it-s/)

[Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/)

> [With almost no exceptions, art by men is much more expensive than art by women. Even great women artists, like Louise Bourgeois and Lee…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/with-almost-no-exceptions-art-by-men-is-much-more-expensive-than-art/)

[Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/)

> [I love the little garden in the back of my family's brownstone in Brooklyn. Digging out there in the dirt is a joy for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/i-love-the-little-garden-in-the-back-of-my-family-s-brownstone-in/)

[Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/)

> [I watched 'Holiday' in college, and that was when I had my first fantasy of being Katharine Hepburn, standing at the top of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/i-watched-holiday-in-college-and-that-was-when-i-had-my-first-fantasy/)

[Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/)

> [“the impersonal and the personal are always connected.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/the-impersonal-and-the-personal-are-always-connected/)

[Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/)

> [When I don't get enough sleep, I am cranky, vulnerable to headaches, and my concentration is poor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/when-i-don-t-get-enough-sleep-i-am-cranky-vulnerable-to-headaches-and/)

[Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/)

> [“Transformation of the self are related to where you are, and identity Is dependent on others.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/transformation-of-the-self-are-related-to-where-you-are-and-identity/)

[Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/)

> [There's a phenomenology of being sick, one that depends on temperament, personal history, and the culture which we live in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/there-s-a-phenomenology-of-being-sick-one-that-depends-on-temperament/)

[Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/)

> [The faculty of memory cannot be separated from the imagination. They go hand in hand. To one degree or another, we all invent our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/the-faculty-of-memory-cannot-be-separated-from-the-imagination-they/)

[Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/)

> [“Looking is part of love, but what you see when you look is anybody's guess.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/looking-is-part-of-love-but-what-you-see-when-you-look-is-anybody-s/)

[Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/)

> [Every sickness has an alien quality, a feeling of invasion and loss of control that is evident in the language we use about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/every-sickness-has-an-alien-quality-a-feeling-of-invasion-and-loss-of/)

[Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/)

> [I have a tendency to face my bad fantasies in my books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/i-have-a-tendency-to-face-my-bad-fantasies-in-my-books/)

[Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/)

> [“The outside also becomes us. A human being is born an unfinished organism and as the person develops experience with others becomes a physical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/the-outside-also-becomes-us-a-human-being-is-born-an-unfinished/)

[Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/)

> [I am an American, but a sense of otherness was part of my growing up. I spoke Norwegian before I spoke English. My mother…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/i-am-an-american-but-a-sense-of-otherness-was-part-of-my-growing-up-i/)

[Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/)

> [When I was an impoverished graduate student, I would sometimes spend $20 or $30 on a T-shirt or accessory I didn't need or even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/when-i-was-an-impoverished-graduate-student-i-would-sometimes-spend/)

[Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/)

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