All J. Courtney Sullivan Quotes
- When I was in fourth grade, a novelist came to talk to my English class. She told us that being an author meant sitting at… Author
- There were so many ways to be twenty-six years old. Many
- You all seem to think that you should marry someone when you feel this intense emotion, which you call love. And then you expect that… All
- A kid thinks her mother is just that -- hers. A mother is also a woman, an independent being, who doesn't want to be reminded… Affair
- Timing was everything when it came to being a woman—the moment you entered the world could seal your fate. Came
- For whatever reason, various outlets and individuals are committed to making the world think that young girls don't talk or care about feminism anymore, that… Anymore
- Reading poetry gives me a sense of calm, well-being, and love for humanity - the same stuff more flexible women get from yoga. Calm
- Fiction will always be my greatest love, with poetry close behind. Behind
- In high school, during marathon phone conversations, cheap pizza dinners and long suburban car rides, I began to fall for boys because of who they… Began
- I read as much poetry as time allows and circumstance dictates: No heartache can pass without a little Dorothy Parker, no thunderstorm without W. H.… Allows
- This was how the modern working girl behaved. She didn’t hide her femininity or apologize for it, as they did in the old days. She… Any
- We don't always do the things our parents want us to do, but it is their mistake if they can't find a way to love… Family Love
- She thought about him all the time - not so much about Doug the individual, but rather about the nature of love, and the shock… All
- The girls said she was too cynical about love, but how could you not be? On the surface, relations between men and women were all… All
- If things had been different, she would be in Carolyn's place right now. She didn't want that sort of existence, but there was something so… Actually Arrived
- She had once said that she believed the women's liberation movement of the sixties and seventies was actually a ploy by men to get women… Believed
- Women leave their marriages when they can't take any more. Men leave when they find someone new. Any
- Every woman needs secrets,' her mother said with a smile then, her eyes meeting Sally's in the rearview mirror. 'Remember that when you're old like… Business
- When she was pregnant with Teddy, she feared that she’d give birth to a child who disliked reading. It would be like giving birth to… Birth
- She remembered how she had felt cleaning out her father's clothes, wanting at once to hold on to every dirty handkerchief and musty page of… All
- A glimpse at my night stand gives the mostly true impression that I am a book hoarder. Book
- I like dressing up for dates and dissecting a dinner conversation with a new guy to determine if he might be The One. Conversation
- I admire the linear and decisive way a certain kind of man thinks, to my curlicue boundless overthinking. Admire
- I love making lists. Lists