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> [It is a great paradox and a great injustice that writers write because we fear death and want to leave something indestructible in our wake and, at the same time, are drawn to all the things that kill: whiskey and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ariel-gore/it-is-a-great-paradox-and-a-great-injustice-that-writers-write/)

[Ariel Gore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ariel-gore/)

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## More by Ariel Gore

> [“When we strike a balance between the challenge of an activity and our skill at performing it, when the rhythm of the work itself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ariel-gore/when-we-strike-a-balance-between-the-challenge-of-an-activity-and-our/)

[Ariel Gore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ariel-gore/)

> [When you study postpartum depression, there is a very clear understanding that in communities where you see more support, there is less depression.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ariel-gore/when-you-study-postpartum-depression-there-is-a-very-clear/)

[Ariel Gore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ariel-gore/)

> [I don't know if my mother was a narcissist - or bi-polar or borderline. Those were words she tossed around over the years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ariel-gore/i-don-t-know-if-my-mother-was-a-narcissist-or-bi-polar-or-borderline/)

[Ariel Gore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ariel-gore/)

> [“No one ever does the last thing on their list.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ariel-gore/no-one-ever-does-the-last-thing-on-their-list/)

[Ariel Gore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ariel-gore/)

> [Conventional wisdom tells us we'll only be happier after a divorce if the marriage itself was a war zone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ariel-gore/conventional-wisdom-tells-us-we-ll-only-be-happier-after-a-divorce-if/)

[Ariel Gore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ariel-gore/)

> [My own habit had always been to write about the things that ticked me off in a given day. If I kept a journal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ariel-gore/my-own-habit-had-always-been-to-write-about-the-things-that-ticked-me/)

[Ariel Gore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ariel-gore/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ariel-gore/i-think-there-are-different-kinds-of-happiness-we-know-when-we-re/)

[Ariel Gore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ariel-gore/)

> [Some caregivers want to reciprocate the care they themselves received as children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ariel-gore/some-caregivers-want-to-reciprocate-the-care-they-themselves-received/)

[Ariel Gore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ariel-gore/)

> [“I wanted to be a writer, so I became one. How? I wrote things down.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ariel-gore/i-wanted-to-be-a-writer-so-i-became-one-how-i-wrote-things-down/)

[Ariel Gore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ariel-gore/)

> [ “Poet' had always sounded like a profession to me, or a talent. But the dead American \[Muriel Rukeyser, The Life of Poetry\] made it… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ariel-gore/poet-had-always-sounded-like-a-profession-to-me-or-a-talent-but-the/)

[Ariel Gore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ariel-gore/)

> [In my experience, staying in a marriage that my ex and I both agreed had all its best moments behind it was epically depressing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ariel-gore/in-my-experience-staying-in-a-marriage-that-my-ex-and-i-both-agreed/)

[Ariel Gore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ariel-gore/)

> [I always do like seeing other people dance in their cars. It's one of the things that makes me happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ariel-gore/i-always-do-like-seeing-other-people-dance-in-their-cars-it-s-one-of/)

[Ariel Gore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ariel-gore/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ariel-gore/maybe-it-goes-without-saying-that-if-you-want-to-become-a-famous/)

[Ariel Gore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ariel-gore/)

> [Your heart is the size of your fist; keep loving, keep fighting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ariel-gore/your-heart-is-the-size-of-your-fist-keep-loving-keep-fighting/)

[Ariel Gore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ariel-gore/)

> [New Agers have always told us that we create our own realities. Mind over matter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ariel-gore/new-agers-have-always-told-us-that-we-create-our-own-realities-mind/)

[Ariel Gore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ariel-gore/)

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