Quote by Curtis Sittenfeld Download Open image ““My own preferences had little bearing on the outcome of events.”” — Curtis Sittenfeld ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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“It was all a matter of control. And choice. Nothing more and nothing less.” — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“It did not matter how much or what a person owned or had, for without self-respect, a person had nothing.” — Ian C.P. Irvine Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, having no choice made every decision, no matter how bad it seemed, easier.” — S.e.jackes Copy Share Image
“Sometimes life seemed particularly unfair, unduly harsh, and beyond bearing.” — Amy Harmon Copy Share Image
“From the time we were little, you treated us as if our ideas mattered.” — Anderson Cooper Copy Share Image
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“It’s less about the things that happen and more about how you react to them.” — Robert J. Crane Copy Share Image
“It bothered me because like most people who have choices, I am not completely comfortable with mine.” — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
The best part of being a writer for me is immersing myself in a fictional world, which is the opposite of being on social… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
“I think adults forget just how much faith teenagers can have in them, just how willing to believe that adults, by virtue of being… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
“She came down to my dorm that night, knocking on the door around nine o'clock. Martha was at the library, and I was eating… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
My boarding school experience was the only thing I had strong enough feelings to write about for hundreds and hundreds of pages. I can… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
Of course a magazine is usually more interesting than a conversation, because so much more time and preparation has gone into it. — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
I feel that Pride and Prejudice is an incredibly well constructed novel on every level. The dialogue is great. The character development is great.… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
I should probably be careful admitting this, but sometimes, when my characters are having a disagreement, it's a disagreement I'm having with myself. I… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
“Approaching each other, him from the gym, me from the library- this was when I walked down the aisle and he was waiting, this… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
After I’d told her – the mall, the taxi, Cross stroking my hair – she said, ‘Did he kiss you?’ ‘John and Martin totally… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
There's an ongoing 'water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink' situation at my house in terms of both pens and paper. — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
She opened her mouth but did not immediately speak, and I felt, simultaneously, the impulse to coax the words from her and the impulse… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
“But the truth was that I didn't want to stay in Riley. The pulls of familial love and obligation could not, for the moment,… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
