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You Quotes by Rachel Cusk
- Shame is something you'll find a lot of - particularly Catholic - girls feel about their bodies, about their sexuality, about their diet, about anything…
- I remain fascinated by where you go as a woman once you are a mother, and if you ever come back.
- Parenthood, like death, is an event for which it is nearly impossible to be prepared. It brings you into a new relationship with the fact…
- Having your second child, in case you were wondering, is a lot harder than having your first, except for those people who find it easier.…
- Hope is like one of those orchids that grows around toxic waste: lovely in itself - and an assertion, if you like, of indefatigable good…
- Society in the English countryside is still strangely, quaintly divided. If black comedy and a certain type of social commentary are what you want, I…
- The distinctive feature of my family was intolerance of sensitivity and emotion - 'Everything's great, it all has to be great all the time and…
- There is always shame in the creation of an expressive work, whether it's a book or a clay pot. Every artist worries about how they…
- You could time a suburban story by your watch: it lasts as long as it takes a small furry animal that's lonely to find friends,…
- To be optimistic about something that is absolutely unknown to you is unfounded.
More You Quotes
- Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You… — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able to hit… — Alexis Arguello
- I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in… — Alexis Arguello
- Haiti, Haiti, the further I am from you, the less I breathe. Haiti, I love you, and I will love you always.… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide