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“For many of us, we set out thinking there will be time in the future, and then suddenly we find ourselves at a moment when we have to acknowledge that the future isn't infinite.” quote by Claire Messud — Download Open image

“For many of us, we set out thinking there will be time in the future, and then suddenly we find ourselves at a moment when we have to acknowledge that the future isn't infinite.”

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I'd wish for my work to be remembered rather than myself.

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I have said it somewhere - our literary lived lives are as important as our literally lived lives.

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“Life is about deciding what matters. It’s about the fantasy that determines the reality. Have you ever asked yourself whether you’d rather fly or…

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Life's funny. You have to find a way to keep going, to keep laughing, even after you realize that none of your dreams will…

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The fictional narratives that television, film, and the news provide for girls and young women are appalling.

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“I don't want to sleep,' my mother said. 'I want -- for God's sake, I want to wake up.”

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“It was supposed to say “Great Artist” on my tombstone, but if I died right now it would say “such a good teacher/daughter/friend” instead; and what I really want to shout, and want in big letters on that grave, too, is FUCK YOU ALL. Don’t all women feel the same? The only difference is how much we know we feel…

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“Live, my dear Nora. Satisfy your hunger. There's food all around you, you know.' 'What kind of food, I'd like to know?' 'Ah'-he smiled-…

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I digress a lot - it's how I experience the world. I would like to write in a way that will convey that to…

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“It makes sense that if you stand almost daily in the middle of a perfect crescent of shore, with a vista open to eternity,…

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