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title: "3 Marijane Meaker Quotes - Famous Writer"
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# Marijane Meaker

(1927–2022)   Writer

 **3** quotes in **11** categories

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Marijane Meaker was a writer.

## Quick Facts About Marijane Meaker

Born May 27, 1927

Died November 21, 2022

Profession Writer

## About Marijane Meaker

American writer (1927-2022)... \| Marijane Agnes Meaker was an American writer who, along with Tereska Torres, was credited with launching the lesbian pulp fiction genre, the only accessible novels on that theme in the 1950s.

##  Quotes by Marijane Meaker

> [You can become anything you want to be ... It's a matter of authority. Whatever a man's confidence, that's his capacity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marijane-meaker/you-can-become-anything-you-want-to-be-it-s-a-matter-of-authority/)

[Marijane Meaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marijane-meaker/)

[Authority](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authority/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90b/marijane-meaker-78919_authority_you-can-become-anything-you-want-to-be-i_768898.png)

> [Once you know something is wrong, you're responsible, whether you see it, or hear about it, and most particularly when you're a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marijane-meaker/once-you-know-something-is-wrong-you-re-responsible-whether-you-see/)

[Marijane Meaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marijane-meaker/)

[Know](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/know/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/146/marijane-meaker-78919_know_once-you-know-something-is-wrong-you-re_921533.png)

> [We are what we are. We don't have to define it or label it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marijane-meaker/we-are-what-we-are-we-don-t-have-to-define-it-or-label-it/)

[Marijane Meaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marijane-meaker/)

[Define](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/define/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/720/marijane-meaker-78919_define_we-are-what-we-are-we-don-t-have-to-defi_1741524.png)

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