"To be anorexic...she thought, amounted to wanting to……" — Meg Wolitzer
"To be anorexic...she thought, amounted to wanting to shed yourself of some of the imperfect mosaic of pieces that made you who you were. She could understand that now for, maybe underneath that desquamated self you would locate a new version."
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30 Quotes by Meg Wolitzer
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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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It seems to me that my mother was the most splendid woman I ever knew... I have met a lot…
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