“Death always thinks of us eventually. The trick is to find the joy in the interim, and make good use of the days we have.”
― These Precious Days: Essays
― These Precious Days: Essays
“I was a writer and nothing else, and to miss seeing me as such was to miss me altogether”
― These Precious Days: Essays
― These Precious Days: Essays
“People want you to want what they want. If you want the same things they want, then their want is validated. If you don’t want the same things, your lack of wanting can, to certain people, come across as judgment.”
― These Precious Days: Essays
― These Precious Days: Essays
“Influence is a combination of circumstance and luck: what we are shown and what we stumble upon in those brief years when our hearts and minds are fully open.”
― These Precious Days: Essays
― These Precious Days: Essays
“Having someone who believed in my failure more than my success kept me alert. It made me fierce. Without ever meaning to, my father taught me at a very early age to give up on the idea of approval. I wish I could bottle that freedom now and give it to every young writer I meet, with an extra bottle for the women. I would give them the ability both to love and not to care.”
― These Precious Days: Essays
― These Precious Days: Essays
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