"And specialness - everyone wants it. But Jesus,……" — Meg Wolitzer
"And specialness - everyone wants it. But Jesus, is it the most essential thing there is? Most people aren't talented. So what are they supposed to do - kill themselves?"
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30 Quotes by Meg Wolitzer
Meg Wolitzer has 30 quotes on this site.
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The only option for a creative person was constant motion—a lifetime of busy whirligigging in a generally forward direction, until…
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I have never been much of a researcher
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Just the act of sleeping beside someone you liked to be with. Maybe that was love.
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Part of the beauty of love was that you didn’t need to explain it to anyone else. You could refuse…
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The generation that had information, but no context. Butter, but no bread. Craving, but no longing.
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The child who was happy with herself meant the parents had won the jackpot.
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The minute you had kids you closed ranks. You didn't plan this in advance, but it happened. Families were like…
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People like to warn you that by the time you reach the middle of your life, passion will begin to…
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You had only one chance for a signature in life, but most people left no impression.
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While it's true that some writers, when taking on love and war, find the task too big, or only succeed…
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Good writing is good writing, and I'm so happy when I read it.
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You stayed around your children as long as you could, inhaling the ambient gold shavings of their childhood, and at…
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More Essential Quotes
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I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people,…
— Arthur Ashe
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Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight.
— Diane Ackerman
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I'm working for the women in the world, today; that's my essential issue.
— Michelle Bachelet
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We have to make sure that women's issues are an essential element on the agendas of all heads of state,…
— Michelle Bachelet
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The freedom of all is essential to my freedom.
— Mikhail Bakunin
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Bathtubs, pools, water - to me, it's a very essential part of being grounded and sensual and feeling yourself.
— Andre Balazs
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Women of this planet need some essential resources: wells, seeds and roads. That is primarily all we have ever needed.…
— Roseanne Barr
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The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind…
— John Adams
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The essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming sincerity - an overwhelming faith in the importance of the work…
— Bruce Barton
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The pleasure we derive from the representation of the present is due, not only to the beauty it can be…
— Charles Baudelaire
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In the continuing debate over the morality of enhanced interrogation, an essential consideration is often overlooked: intent.
— Gary Bauer
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A desire to be in charge of our own lives, a need for control, is born in each of us.…
— Robert Foster Bennett
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