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- And after my mother's death I became more open to and empathetic about other people's struggles and losses.
- What's endlessly complicated in thinking about women's gymnastics is the way that vulnerability and power are threaded through the sport.
- I think about my mother every day. But usually the thoughts are fleeting - she crosses my mind like a spring cardinal that flies past…
- It's all too easy when talking about female gymnasts to fall into the trap of infantilizing them, spending more time worrying more about female vulnerability…
- All love stories are tales of beginnings. When we talk about falling in love, we go to the beginning, to pinpoint the moment of freefall.
- My theory is this: Women falter when they're called on to be highly self-conscious about their talents. Not when they're called on to enact them.
- 'Hamlet' is a play about a man whose grief is deemed unseemly.
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- The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly. — Paul Auster
- There's love, and certainly children you care about more than yourself. But nevertheless, we're alone in our heads. — Paul Auster
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