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title: "24 Susan Maushart Quotes - Famous Journalist (The mask of motherhood)"
description: "Susan Maushart is an American author, journalist and feminist. She lived in Perth, Western Australia, for over 20 years and now lives in New York City."
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# Susan Maushart

(1958)   Journalist

 **24** quotes in **53** categories

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Susan Maushart is a journalist, best known for *The mask of motherhood*.

## Quick Facts About Susan Maushart

Born January 1, 1958

Profession Journalist

Notable works The mask of motherhood

## About Susan Maushart

Susan Maushart is an American author, journalist and feminist. She lived in Perth, Western Australia, for over 20 years and now lives in New York City.

##  Quotes by Susan Maushart

> [“He's a pug and he always looks that way.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-maushart/he-s-a-pug-and-he-always-looks-that-way/)

[Susan Maushart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-maushart/)

[Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/)

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> [“The whole point of becoming an adult is to achieve self-reliance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-maushart/the-whole-point-of-becoming-an-adult-is-to-achieve-self-reliance/)

[Susan Maushart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-maushart/)

[Adult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adult/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ee/susan-maushart-24228_adult_the-whole-point-of-becoming-an-adult-is_443445.png)

> [Motivation begins with discomfort- with needs that are unfulfilled.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-maushart/motivation-begins-with-discomfort-with-needs-that-are-unfulfilled/)

[Susan Maushart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-maushart/)

[Discomfort](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discomfort/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cc/susan-maushart-24228_discomfort_motivation-begins-with-discomfort-with-n_2833453.png)

> [“A world without boredom would be dull.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-maushart/a-world-without-boredom-would-be-dull/)

[Susan Maushart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-maushart/)

[Boredom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boredom/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d42/susan-maushart-24228_boredom_a-world-without-boredom-would-be-dull-21_2135456.png)

> [“Friend' requires an adjective these days, since it otherwise feels empty.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-maushart/friend-requires-an-adjective-these-days-since-it-otherwise-feels-empty/)

[Susan Maushart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-maushart/)

[Feels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feels/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ee/susan-maushart-24228_feels_friend-requires-an-adjective-these-days_3100190.png)

> [“No one's brain is different enough to make constant interruptions, distractions, and task-switching an optimal environment in which to function. No one's.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-maushart/no-one-s-brain-is-different-enough-to-make-constant-interruptions/)

[Susan Maushart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-maushart/)

[Brain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brain/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cc/susan-maushart-24228_brain_no-one-s-brain-is-different-enough-to-ma_1483304.png)

> [...boredom is all about perception. It's a self-diagnosis, plain and simple. If you don't realize you're bored, you're not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-maushart/boredom-is-all-about-perception-it-s-a-self-diagnosis-plain-and/)

[Susan Maushart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-maushart/)

[Bored](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bored/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/367/susan-maushart-24228_bored_boredom-is-all-about-perception-it-s-a-s_665887.png)

> [The more interesting life becomes, in other words, the more boredom we are doomed to experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-maushart/the-more-interesting-life-becomes-in-other-words-the-more-boredom-we/)

[Susan Maushart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-maushart/)

[Boredeom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boredeom-22852/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c98/susan-maushart-24228_boredeom_the-more-interesting-life-becomes-in-oth_1868536.png)

> [“Online chatting, on the other hand, has been linked to symptoms of loneliness, confusion, anxiety, depression, fatigue, and addiction.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-maushart/online-chatting-on-the-other-hand-has-been-linked-to-symptoms-of/)

[Susan Maushart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-maushart/)

[Addiction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/addiction/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69a/susan-maushart-24228_addiction_online-chatting-on-the-other-hand-has-be_1034719.png)

> [“Boredom might be construed as the impetus for achievement rather than as an obstacle to it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-maushart/boredom-might-be-construed-as-the-impetus-for-achievement-rather-than/)

[Susan Maushart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-maushart/)

[Achievement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/achievement/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b4/susan-maushart-24228_achievement_boredom-might-be-construed-as-the-impetu_2391055.png)

> [“The devices meant to simplify our lives merely create new and improved complexities.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-maushart/the-devices-meant-to-simplify-our-lives-merely-create-new-and/)

[Susan Maushart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-maushart/)

[Complexities](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/complexities/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8d/susan-maushart-24228_complexities_the-devices-meant-to-simplify-our-lives_630387.png)

> [Maturity is largely about acquiring the confidence and the competence to make your own decisions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-maushart/maturity-is-largely-about-acquiring-the-confidence-and-the-competence/)

[Susan Maushart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-maushart/)

[Aging](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aging/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc4/susan-maushart-24228_aging_maturity-is-largely-about-acquiring-the_320533.png)

> [“A pencil is an extension of a finger writing in the sand. But our electronic media are extensions of our brains.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-maushart/a-pencil-is-an-extension-of-a-finger-writing-in-the-sand-but-our/)

[Susan Maushart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-maushart/)

[Pencil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pencil/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/susan-maushart-24228_pencil_a-pencil-is-an-extension-of-a-finger-wri_2596837.png)

> [“Yet where lies the line between compromise and surrender? Between relinquishing the ideal of perfection on the one hand, and losing one's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-maushart/yet-where-lies-the-line-between-compromise-and-surrender-between/)

[Susan Maushart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-maushart/)

[Compromise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compromise/)

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> [“The information paradox- that the more data we have, the stupider we become- has a social corollary, too: that the more frantically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-maushart/the-information-paradox-that-the-more-data-we-have-the-stupider-we/)

[Susan Maushart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-maushart/)

[Data](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/data/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2a/susan-maushart-24228_data_the-information-paradox-that-the-more-da_3195366.png)

> [“Maybe it was the lack of stimulation that made you so productive and sort of... determined.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-maushart/maybe-it-was-the-lack-of-stimulation-that-made-you-so-productive-and/)

[Susan Maushart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-maushart/)

[Determined](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/determined/)

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> [“The mind boggles, in other words, but the brain toggles- sometimes quite rapidly, from one task to the next.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-maushart/the-mind-boggles-in-other-words-but-the-brain-toggles-sometimes-quite/)

[Susan Maushart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-maushart/)

[Brain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brain/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe7/susan-maushart-24228_brain_the-mind-boggles-in-other-words-but-the_1655962.png)

> [We must acknowledge that bearing and raising children is not some pesky, peripheral activity that we engage in, but the whole point.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-maushart/we-must-acknowledge-that-bearing-and-raising-children-is-not-some/)

[Susan Maushart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-maushart/)

[Acknowledge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acknowledge/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2d/susan-maushart-24228_acknowledge_we-must-acknowledge-that-bearing-and-rai_19243.png)

> [“Have you ever considered whether Perth's 'dullness' may have inspired you rather than inhibited you?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-maushart/have-you-ever-considered-whether-perth-s-dullness-may-have-inspired/)

[Susan Maushart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-maushart/)

[Dullness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dullness/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/916/susan-maushart-24228_dullness_have-you-ever-considered-whether-perth-s_1548478.png)

> [“Parenting in the age of mobile communication really does allow us to be there for our kids in a way never before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-maushart/parenting-in-the-age-of-mobile-communication-really-does-allow-us-to/)

[Susan Maushart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-maushart/)

[Communication](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communication/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/susan-maushart-24228_communication_parenting-in-the-age-of-mobile-communica_14358.png)

> [Cities have personalities, just as people do, and that finding the right place to live is akin to finding the right partner…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-maushart/cities-have-personalities-just-as-people-do-and-that-finding-the/)

[Susan Maushart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-maushart/)

[Cities](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cities/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e15/susan-maushart-24228_cities_cities-have-personalities-just-as-people_1136674.png)

> [“Giving up one activity does not guarantee you will take up a more worthy substitute.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-maushart/giving-up-one-activity-does-not-guarantee-you-will-take-up-a-more/)

[Susan Maushart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-maushart/)

[Guarantee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/guarantee/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/915/susan-maushart-24228_guarantee_giving-up-one-activity-does-not-guarante_1268181.png)

> [“SMS made everything negotiable: hour by hour, minute by minute. There was no such thing as a firm plan or a final…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-maushart/sms-made-everything-negotiable-hour-by-hour-minute-by-minute-there/)

[Susan Maushart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-maushart/)

[Plan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/plan/)

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> [Respondents had been so overwhelmed by their in-box they'd declared "e-mail bankruptcy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-maushart/respondents-had-been-so-overwhelmed-by-their-in-box-they-d-declared-e/)

[Susan Maushart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-maushart/)

[Bankruptcy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bankruptcy/)

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