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> [The reaction to 'Aftermath' has been far worse than to 'A Life's Work,' yet I find I'm perhaps a little less touched by it. In both cases, I've coped artistically by believing the criticisms weren't right. They upset me, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cusk/the-reaction-to-aftermath-has-been-far-worse-than-to-a-life-s-work/)

[Rachel Cusk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cusk/)

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## More by Rachel Cusk

> [A creative writing workshop will contain students whose ambitions and abilities, whose conceptions of literature itself, are so diverse that what they have in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cusk/a-creative-writing-workshop-will-contain-students-whose-ambitions-and/)

[Rachel Cusk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cusk/)

> [“If a man had a nasty side to his character, she wanted to get to it immediately and confront it. She didn’t want it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cusk/if-a-man-had-a-nasty-side-to-his-character-she-wanted-to-get-to-it/)

[Rachel Cusk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cusk/)

> [If I know somebody is coming 'round, it is incredibly difficult for me to work because I'm waiting for this interruption - even the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cusk/if-i-know-somebody-is-coming-round-it-is-incredibly-difficult-for-me/)

[Rachel Cusk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cusk/)

> [I felt that I could swim for miles, out into the ocean: a desire for freedom, an impulse to move, tugged at me as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cusk/i-felt-that-i-could-swim-for-miles-out-into-the-ocean-a-desire-for/)

[Rachel Cusk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cusk/)

> [The creativity of childhood was often surrendered amid feelings of unworthiness. So the idea that others are demanding to be given it back -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cusk/the-creativity-of-childhood-was-often-surrendered-amid-feelings-of/)

[Rachel Cusk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cusk/)

> [A neighbor is something that belongs to the stable world of home life, the thing that lives next door to you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cusk/a-neighbor-is-something-that-belongs-to-the-stable-world-of-home-life/)

[Rachel Cusk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cusk/)

> [Help is dangerous because it exists outside the human economy: the only payment for help is gratitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cusk/help-is-dangerous-because-it-exists-outside-the-human-economy-the/)

[Rachel Cusk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cusk/)

> [A feminist man is a bit like a vegetarian: it's the humanitarian principle he's defending, I suppose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cusk/a-feminist-man-is-a-bit-like-a-vegetarian-it-s-the-humanitarian/)

[Rachel Cusk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cusk/)

> [Feminism remains something that needs to be explained to people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cusk/feminism-remains-something-that-needs-to-be-explained-to-people/)

[Rachel Cusk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cusk/)

> [“At the time, he had got rid of her so efficiently and so suavely that she had felt almost reassured even as she was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cusk/at-the-time-he-had-got-rid-of-her-so-efficiently-and-so-suavely-that/)

[Rachel Cusk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cusk/)

> [“From the distance of England the Italian cuisine seems to be all things to all people. It does not expect you to bend to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cusk/from-the-distance-of-england-the-italian-cuisine-seems-to-be-all/)

[Rachel Cusk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cusk/)

> [You could time a suburban story by your watch: it lasts as long as it takes a small furry animal that's lonely to find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cusk/you-could-time-a-suburban-story-by-your-watch-it-lasts-as-long-as-it/)

[Rachel Cusk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cusk/)

> [It is expected that a children's story will raise a difficulty and then resolve it: increasingly, this resolution is so prompt and so resounding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cusk/it-is-expected-that-a-children-s-story-will-raise-a-difficulty-and/)

[Rachel Cusk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cusk/)

> [Human beings have a need, generally, to destroy things. The Freudian principle of civilisation is correct. There's always, always a difference between the family…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cusk/human-beings-have-a-need-generally-to-destroy-things-the-freudian/)

[Rachel Cusk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cusk/)

> [I don't think I knew that you could be a novelist. I think a lot of my students are in the same condition. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cusk/i-don-t-think-i-knew-that-you-could-be-a-novelist-i-think-a-lot-of-my/)

[Rachel Cusk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cusk/)

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