"My children are living, thinking human beings. It……" — Rachel Cusk
"My children are living, thinking human beings. It isn't in my power to regret them, for they belong to themselves."
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61 Quotes by Rachel Cusk
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It is interesting how keen people are for you to do something they would never dream of doing themselves, how…
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The British have always made terrible parents.
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Shame is something you'll find a lot of - particularly Catholic - girls feel about their bodies, about their sexuality,…
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The woman who thinks she can choose femininity, can toy with it like the social drinker toys with wine -…
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Honest criticism, I suppose, has its place. But honest writing is infinitely more valuable.
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A feminist man is a bit like a vegetarian: it's the humanitarian principle he's defending, I suppose.
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Childhood, after all, is not an ending, but rather a state full of potent curiosity.
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Christianity has kept itself going for centuries on hope alone, and has perpetrated all manner of naughtiness in the meantime.
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Even if they knew the truth of their own feelings, most mothers would be socially and emotionally incapable of revealing…
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Every time I write a book, I've probably taken five years off my life.
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Feminism remains something that needs to be explained to people.
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For me, a novel is always the result of my attempt to impose myself on raw circumstances. It is a…
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