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> [Literature is a place for generosity and affection and hunger for equals - not a prizefight ring. We are increased, confirmed in our medium, roused to do our best, by every good writer, every fine achievement. Would we want one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tillie-olsen/literature-is-a-place-for-generosity-and-affection-and-hunger-for/)

[Tillie Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tillie-olsen/)

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## More by Tillie Olsen

> [More than in any other human relationship, overwhelmingly more, motherhood means being instantly interruptible, responsive, and responsible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tillie-olsen/more-than-in-any-other-human-relationship-overwhelmingly-more/)

[Tillie Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tillie-olsen/)

> [“Mazie sits with a sense of non-being over her – of it being someone other than she sitting there timeless, suspended in a dusky…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tillie-olsen/mazie-sits-with-a-sense-of-non-being-over-her-of-it-being-someone/)

[Tillie Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tillie-olsen/)

> [I don't want to die leaving the world as it is right now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tillie-olsen/i-don-t-want-to-die-leaving-the-world-as-it-is-right-now/)

[Tillie Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tillie-olsen/)

> [Literary history and the present are dark with silences . . . I have had special need to learn all I could of this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tillie-olsen/literary-history-and-the-present-are-dark-with-silences-i-have-had/)

[Tillie Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tillie-olsen/)

> [She would not exchange her solitude for anything. Never again to be forced to move to the rhythms of others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tillie-olsen/she-would-not-exchange-her-solitude-for-anything-never-again-to-be/)

[Tillie Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tillie-olsen/)

> [Not to have an audience is a kind of death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tillie-olsen/not-to-have-an-audience-is-a-kind-of-death/)

[Tillie Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tillie-olsen/)

> [That's what I want to be when I grow up, just a peaceful wreck holding hands with other peaceful wrecks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tillie-olsen/that-s-what-i-want-to-be-when-i-grow-up-just-a-peaceful-wreck-holding/)

[Tillie Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tillie-olsen/)

> [“She kept too much in herself. Her life was such that she had to keep too much in herself. My wisdom came too late.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tillie-olsen/she-kept-too-much-in-herself-her-life-was-such-that-she-had-to-keep/)

[Tillie Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tillie-olsen/)

> [Think about all that we've lost that has been said orally because nobody was taking it down. I feel very fortunate to live in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tillie-olsen/think-about-all-that-we-ve-lost-that-has-been-said-orally-because/)

[Tillie Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tillie-olsen/)

> [There are worse words than cuss-words, there are words that hurt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tillie-olsen/there-are-worse-words-than-cuss-words-there-are-words-that-hurt/)

[Tillie Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tillie-olsen/)

> [Literature is a place for generosity and affection and hunger for equals - not a prizefight ring. We are increased, confirmed in our medium,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tillie-olsen/literature-is-a-place-for-generosity-and-affection-and-hunger-for/)

[Tillie Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tillie-olsen/)

> [Better mankind born without mouths and stomachs than always to worry about money to buy, to shop, to fix, to cook, to wash, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tillie-olsen/better-mankind-born-without-mouths-and-stomachs-than-always-to-worry/)

[Tillie Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tillie-olsen/)

> [Writers in a profit making economy are an exploitable commodity whose works are products to be marketed, and are so judged and handled.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tillie-olsen/writers-in-a-profit-making-economy-are-an-exploitable-commodity-whose/)

[Tillie Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tillie-olsen/)

> [I know that I haven’t powers enough to divide myself into one who earns and one who creates.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tillie-olsen/i-know-that-i-haven-t-powers-enough-to-divide-myself-into-one-who/)

[Tillie Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tillie-olsen/)

> [Every woman who writes is a survivor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tillie-olsen/every-woman-who-writes-is-a-survivor/)

[Tillie Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tillie-olsen/)

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