Quote by Sheila Heti Download Open image ““But style, I also learned, is not about strictly copying others, because style is not transferable.”” — Sheila Heti ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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I believe there's a platonic ideal for every book that is written, like there's the perfect version of the book somewhere in the ether,… — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
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“style is about knowing what you like and why you like it, more than anything else. GRACE” — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
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“I know that character exists from the outside alone. I know that inside the body there's just temperature.” — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
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“She had thought that when someone died, it would be like they went into a different room. She had not known that life itself… — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
It's so weird how our existence hinges on just absolute crazy chance, but it feels so essential. It's like, 'Nothing would be here if… — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
In 'Sweet Days of Discipline,' the narrator, years after graduating, fortuitously encounters her old friend Frederique at a movie theatre. Frederique invites her home. — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
Women without children can help mothers, and we can just be all in this together. — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image