"I wanted to write a voice that for……" — Claire Messud

"I wanted to write a voice that for me, as a reader, had been missing from the chorus: the voice of an angry woman."

— Claire Messud

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26 Quotes by Claire Messud

Claire Messud has 26 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

We live in a culture that wants to put a redemptive face on everything, so anger doesn't sit well with…
As my wise friend Didi has more than once observed about life's passages, every departure entails an arrival elsewhere, every…
Just because something is invisible doesn't mean it isn't there. At any given time, there are a host of invisibles…
Life's funny. You have to find a way to keep going, to keep laughing, even after you realize that none…
And then, into the fantasy, as into a dream, would come the thought: it's not like this anymore; the world…
It doesn't ever occur to you, as you fashion your mask so carefully, that it will grow into your skin…
Maybe that, really, is as good a definition as any of an artist in the world: a ruthless person.
Anyway, these books I love, they’re all books by men—every last one of them. Because if it’s unseemly and possibly…
If you’re reading to find friends, you’re in deep trouble.
We read to find life, in all its possibilities.
To my mind, Guernica is the most important online intellectual and literary journal in America today.
I measure my life out in books." "You should be measuring your life by living. Correction: you shouldn't be measuring…

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More Angry Quotes

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Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right… — Aristotle
We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the… — Aristotle
I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were… — Karen Armstrong
When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life. — Marcus Aurelius
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded… — Douglas Adams
You can't live your life blaming your failures on your parents and what they did or didn't do for you.… — Drew Barrymore
I don't mind a little Sturm und Drang. When I was doing 'Riding in Cars With Boys,' I wouldn't smile… — Drew Barrymore
I am not a victim. I am an angry survivor. — Nina Bawden
A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good. — Henry Ward Beecher
Never forget what a person says to you when they are angry. — Henry Ward Beecher
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. — Ambrose Bierce

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