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Helen Garner Quotes

In my profession I have learned that women can bear more pain than men Picture Quote #1

Life’s fairly excruciating. Painful things happen. Every now and then, you drag yourself out of the stream and stand on the bank gasping for air. I think that’s how I work Picture Quote #1

Now, I - for several years while I was researching this book, I felt quite obsessed by thoughts about sentencing, punishment, how judges arrive at their decisions Picture Quote #1

That’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me, bar none, is having grandchildren and living by them and being part of their lives Picture Quote #1

While I was writing ‘The Spare Room,’ I thought, ‘I’m going to look really bad in this book - there’s no redeeming this kind of awful, ugly emotion’, and I thought, ‘I’m not going to change it. I’ll call the character ‘Helen’ and admit to those feelings.’ I think this is a reason why people write Picture Quote #1

It’s disturbing at my age to look at a young woman’s destructive behaviour and hear the echoes of it, of one’s own destructiveness in youth Picture Quote #1

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I suppose there must be idiots who dream of signing deals with publishers while fully intending to drink martinis in cool bars or ride around on skateboards. But the actual writers I know are experts in neurotic self-torture. Every page of writing is the result of a thousand tiny decisions and desperate acts of will Picture Quote #1

I just... my childhood seems, when I look back, to be largely composed of reading, lying on the bed. I mean, my mother was always shouting, ‘Go outside!’ But she shouted it at all of us. I think I was just kind of... rather an introverted child, probably Picture Quote #1

As in all matters involving love, which has so many different meanings, you find that the feeling that we label ‘love’ is not a simple feeling, it’s a very complex one. Under the heading ‘love’ can come all sorts of rage and desperation Picture Quote #1

We were in a great, seething moment in the 1970s. There was a new Labour government and everything seemed full of hope... But, as we got older and we saw how much women’s behaviour contributed to what was wrong, we stopped being able to see ourselves purely as Picture Quote #1

Courts are supposed to be places of reason. But this, of course, is a fantasy. I mean, there is reason being used as a technique. But courts, in fact, are baths of emotions Picture Quote #1

But there are some wounds that can never be healed Picture Quote #1

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Revolution begins in the kitchen Picture Quote #1

I’m very disturbed by violence against women when it is violence Picture Quote #1

I think writers are very anxious Picture Quote #1

I like poking my nose into other people’s lives Picture Quote #1

The rain began again. It fell heavily, easily, with no meaning or intention but the fulfilment of its own nature, which was to fall and fall Picture Quote #1

Well, I’m at some kind of crossroads in my life and I don’t know which way to take. It’s not about money, I mean, because I’m established enough now as a writer to get a reasonable advance if I wanted to do fiction Picture Quote #1

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People demand a lot of the justice system and they demand things that it can’t deliver Picture Quote #1

It’s disturbing at my age to look at a young woman’s destructive behaviour and hear the echoes of it, of one’s own destructiveness in youth Picture Quote #1

It’s a terrific privilege to be able to see into somebody else’s life Picture Quote #1

I think some people wished I’d kept myself out of the book. But I kind of insist on it because I want the reader to share my engagement with the material, if you like, not pretend that I’m doing it completely intellectually Picture Quote #1

At the time it seemed like a natural development of my interest in what was going on around me in society Picture Quote #1

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In my profession I have learned that women can bear more pain than men (Helen Garner Quotes) Life’s fairly excruciating. Painful things happen. Every now and then, you drag yourself out of the stream and stand on the bank gasping for air. I think that’s how I work. (Helen Garner Quotes) Now, I - for several years while I was researching this book, I felt quite obsessed by thoughts about sentencing, punishment, how judges arrive at their decisions. (Helen Garner Quotes) That’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me, bar none, is having grandchildren and living by them and being part of their lives. (Helen Garner Quotes) While I was writing ‘The Spare Room,’ I thought, ‘I’m going to look really bad in this book - there’s no redeeming this kind of awful, ugly emotion’, and I thought, ‘I’m not going to change it. I’ll call the character ‘Helen’ and admit to those feelings.’ I think this is a reason why people write. (Helen Garner Quotes) It’s disturbing at my age to look at a young woman’s destructive behaviour and hear the echoes of it, of one’s own destructiveness in youth. (Helen Garner Quotes) I suppose there must be idiots who dream of signing deals with publishers while fully intending to drink martinis in cool bars or ride around on skateboards. But the actual writers I know are experts in neurotic self-torture. Every page of writing is the result of a thousand tiny decisions and desperate acts of will (Helen Garner Quotes) I just... my childhood seems, when I look back, to be largely composed of reading, lying on the bed. I mean, my mother was always shouting, ‘Go outside!’ But she shouted it at all of us. I think I was just kind of... rather an introverted child, probably (Helen Garner Quotes) As in all matters involving love, which has so many different meanings, you find that the feeling that we label ‘love’ is not a simple feeling, it’s a very complex one. Under the heading ‘love’ can come all sorts of rage and desperation (Helen Garner Quotes) We were in a great, seething moment in the 1970s. There was a new Labour government and everything seemed full of hope... But, as we got older and we saw how much women’s behaviour contributed to what was wrong, we stopped being able to see ourselves purely as (Helen Garner Quotes) Courts are supposed to be places of reason. But this, of course, is a fantasy. I mean, there is reason being used as a technique. But courts, in fact, are baths of emotions (Helen Garner Quotes) But there are some wounds that can never be healed (Helen Garner Quotes) Revolution begins in the kitchen (Helen Garner Quotes) I’m very disturbed by violence against women when it is violence (Helen Garner Quotes) I think writers are very anxious (Helen Garner Quotes) I like poking my nose into other people’s lives (Helen Garner Quotes) The rain began again. It fell heavily, easily, with no meaning or intention but the fulfilment of its own nature, which was to fall and fall (Helen Garner Quotes) Well, I’m at some kind of crossroads in my life and I don’t know which way to take. It’s not about money, I mean, because I’m established enough now as a writer to get a reasonable advance if I wanted to do fiction (Helen Garner Quotes) People demand a lot of the justice system and they demand things that it can’t deliver (Helen Garner Quotes) It’s disturbing at my age to look at a young woman’s destructive behaviour and hear the echoes of it, of one’s own destructiveness in youth (Helen Garner Quotes) It’s a terrific privilege to be able to see into somebody else’s life (Helen Garner Quotes) I think some people wished I’d kept myself out of the book. But I kind of insist on it because I want the reader to share my engagement with the material, if you like, not pretend that I’m doing it completely intellectually (Helen Garner Quotes) At the time it seemed like a natural development of my interest in what was going on around me in society (Helen Garner Quotes)