"The past could be jettisoned . . .…" — Joan Didion

"The past could be jettisoned . . . but seeds got carried."

— Joan Didion

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204 Quotes by Joan Didion

Joan Didion has 204 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The impulse for much writing is homesickness. You are trying to get back home, and in your writing you are…
Despite our preparation, indeed, despite our age, [the death of a parent] dislodges things deep in us, sets off reactions…
In the early years, you fight because you don't understand each other. In the later years, you fight because you…
To shift the structure of a sentence alters the meaning of that sentence, as definitely and inflexibly as the position…
Writing is the act of saying "I," of imposing oneself upon other people, of saying "listen to me, see it…
My writing is a process of rewriting, of going back and changing and filling in. in the rewriting process you…
People tend to forget that my presence runs counter to their best interests. And it always does. That is one…
It is impossible to think of Howard Hughes without seeing the apparently bottomless gulf between what we say we want…
Americans are uneasy with their possessions, guilty about power, all of which is difficult for Europeans to perceive because they…
Throw yourself into the convulsions of the world. I'm not telling you to make the world better, because I don't…
New York was no mere city. It was instead an infinitely romantic notion, the mysterious nexus of all love and…
To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self.

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The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood. — Saint Augustine
The privilege of ruling would be in the hands of the skilled and the learned, with a wide scope left… — Mikhail Bakunin
They allow us to disrespect our Black woman. A lot of these things would be considered criminal if it were… — Afrika Bambaataa
Mr. Wrigley believed in this: Put all your eggs in one basket and watch the basket. They don't do that… — Ernie Banks
For several days after my first book was published, I carried it about in my pocket and took surreptitious peeps… — James M. Barrie
I planted my self in the middle of a great many Glasses full of Dew, tied fast about me, upon… — Cyrano de Bergerac
I carried my Oscar to bed with me. My first and only three-way happened that night. — Halle Berry
Stem cell research must be carried out in an ethical manner in a way that respects the sanctity of human… — John Boehner
I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people. — Edmund Burke
I'm most at home on the stage. I was carried onstage for the first time when I was six months… — Alan Alda
The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They… — George W. Bush
The momentum of freedom in our world is unmistakable - and it is not carried forward by our power alone.… — George W. Bush

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