Why had she asked a mirror—or anyone for that matter—to tell her who she was? But then again, why do any of us?
“A Nigerian acquaintance once asked me if I was worried that men would be intimidated by me. I was not worried at all—it had not even occurred to me to be worried, because a man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the kind of man I would have no interest in.”
― We Should All Be Feminists
― We Should All Be Feminists
“If stone-sober people can fuck like they’re out of their minds—can actually be out of their minds while caught in that throe—why shouldn’t writers be able to go bonkers and still stay sane?”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“I’d been beguiled by the new technology—a toddler crawling toward a gun.”
― So You've Been Publicly Shamed
― So You've Been Publicly Shamed
“I need not be visibly odd. I could engage in the protocols that others followed and move undetected among them. And how could I be sure that other people were not doing the same - playing the game to be accepted but suspecting all the time that they were different?”
― The Rosie Project
― The Rosie Project
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