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Jennifer Weiner Quotes

I love it when people ask if Jennifer Weiner is a pen name. Um, if I wanted a pen name I could have done a LOT better than this! Picture Quote #1

Every mother I’ve ever met, pretty much without exception, is doing the best job she can ever do Picture Quote #1

She hated the implied familiarity when customers requested things from her by name Picture Quote #1

You should be concerned about the state of your soul, not the state of your bank account Picture Quote #1

Found, I told myself. Try to get found Picture Quote #1

I’m not in charge of my life Picture Quote #1

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As the days piled up into weeks, and the weeks turned into months, and fall slid into winter, I realized one of the great truths about tragedy: You can dream of disappearing. You can wish for oblivion, for endless sleep or the escape of fiction, of walking into a river with your pockets full of stones, of letting the dark water close over your head. But if you’ve got kids, the web of the world holds you close and wraps you tight and keeps you from falling no matter how badly you think you want to fall Picture Quote #1

Women are far and away the bigger consumers of fiction than men, but men are still far and away the more reviewed, the more critically esteemed, the more respected. That can get frustrating Picture Quote #1

Right now women are using surrogates because they can’t be pregnant. What worries me is the possibility that soon they’ll use surrogates because they don’t want to be pregnant Picture Quote #1

I’ve always been interested in the economics of reproduction, who gets what they want when it comes to childbearing and how these days, money is a tremendous advantage Picture Quote #1

I wrote my first books when I was single and then I got married and then had a kid and there were different things happening in my life Picture Quote #1

Having a day job again I found really kind of fueled my fiction, because it became almost this forbidden thing where I had to sneak off and do it in private Picture Quote #1

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Well, you can’t control what they do, but you can control how you respond to it…whether you allow it to drive you crazy, or occupy all of your thoughts, or whether you note what they’re doing, consider it, and make a conscious decision as to how much you’ll let it affect you Picture Quote #1

Maybe love was a myth anyhow, a brew of hormones and fantasy, evolution’s way of getting men and women together long enough for them to procreate,back in the day when girls got pregnant at twelve, were pregnant or nursing for the next twenty years, and were dead of the plague by forty Picture Quote #1

I could have told him that nothing was safe and that no matter how careful you were and how hard you tried, there were still accidents, hidden traps, and snares. You could get killed on an airplane or crossing the street. Your marriage could fall apart when you weren’t looking; your husband could lose his job; our baby could get sick or die Picture Quote #1

They wouldn’t have believed me, and if they had they would have wanted me to explain. And I had no explanation, no answers. When you’re on a battleground, you don’t have the luxury of time to dwell on the various historical factors and sociopolitical influences that caused the war. You just keep your head down and try to survive it, to shove the pages back in the book, close the covers and pretend that nothing’s broken, nothing’s wrong Picture Quote #1

Being a novelist is hard for anyone - male or female. You don’t get to quit your day job Picture Quote #1

Hefty? I’d railed to Peter, waving the clipping for emphasis. Hefty? For the record ‘Hefty’ is a trash bag. I’m festively plump Picture Quote #1

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If there had been an exercise I’d liked, would I have gotten this big in the first place? Picture Quote #1

The condom broke. I know how stupid that sounds. It’s the reproductive version of the dog ate my homework Picture Quote #1

I’ve learned that some broken things stay broken, and I’ve learned that you can get through bad times and keep looking for better ones, as long as you have people who love you Picture Quote #1

Read everything. Read fiction and non-fiction, read hot best sellers and the classics you never got around to in college Picture Quote #1

If a writer writes poems and short stories and novels, but nobody ever reads them, is she really a writer? Picture Quote #1

... thinking that the world was like an orange, that I could split it open with my thumbnail and find a whole different world, the grown-up world, the secrets beneath the skin Picture Quote #1

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‘This is motherhood for you,’ said my own mother. ‘Going through life with your heart outside your body.’ Picture Quote #1

I don’t trust happiness. I turn it over as if it were a glass at a flea market or a rug at a souk, looking for chipped rims or loose threads Picture Quote #1

If you wish for something hard enough, the fairy tales teach us, you can get it in the end. But it’s hardly ever the way you thought it would be, and the endings aren’t always happy ones Picture Quote #1

As many times as I told her she was beautiful, I know that she never believed me. As many times as I said it didn’t matter, I knew that to her it did Picture Quote #1

I wonder if novels work for women because they give us a safe place to talk about our ish Picture Quote #1

I was an English major in college, took a ton of creative writing courses, and was a newspaper reporter for 10 years Picture Quote #1

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I love it when people ask if Jennifer Weiner is a pen name. Um, if I wanted a pen name I could have done a LOT better than this! (Jennifer Weiner Quotes) Every mother I’ve ever met, pretty much without exception, is doing the best job she can ever do. (Jennifer Weiner Quotes) She hated the implied familiarity when customers requested things from her by name (Jennifer Weiner Quotes) You should be concerned about the state of your soul, not the state of your bank account (Jennifer Weiner Quotes) Found, I told myself. Try to get found (Jennifer Weiner Quotes) I’m not in charge of my life (Jennifer Weiner Quotes) As the days piled up into weeks, and the weeks turned into months, and fall slid into winter, I realized one of the great truths about tragedy: You can dream of disappearing. You can wish for oblivion, for endless sleep or the escape of fiction, of walking into a river with your pockets full of stones, of letting the dark water close over your head. But if you’ve got kids, the web of the world holds you close and wraps you tight and keeps you from falling no matter how badly you think you want to fall (Jennifer Weiner Quotes) Women are far and away the bigger consumers of fiction than men, but men are still far and away the more reviewed, the more critically esteemed, the more respected. That can get frustrating (Jennifer Weiner Quotes) Right now women are using surrogates because they can’t be pregnant. What worries me is the possibility that soon they’ll use surrogates because they don’t want to be pregnant (Jennifer Weiner Quotes) I’ve always been interested in the economics of reproduction, who gets what they want when it comes to childbearing and how these days, money is a tremendous advantage (Jennifer Weiner Quotes) I wrote my first books when I was single and then I got married and then had a kid and there were different things happening in my life (Jennifer Weiner Quotes) Having a day job again I found really kind of fueled my fiction, because it became almost this forbidden thing where I had to sneak off and do it in private (Jennifer Weiner Quotes) Well, you can’t control what they do, but you can control how you respond to it…whether you allow it to drive you crazy, or occupy all of your thoughts, or whether you note what they’re doing, consider it, and make a conscious decision as to how much you’ll let it affect you (Jennifer Weiner Quotes) Maybe love was a myth anyhow, a brew of hormones and fantasy, evolution’s way of getting men and women together long enough for them to procreate,back in the day when girls got pregnant at twelve, were pregnant or nursing for the next twenty years, and were dead of the plague by forty (Jennifer Weiner Quotes) I could have told him that nothing was safe and that no matter how careful you were and how hard you tried, there were still accidents, hidden traps, and snares. You could get killed on an airplane or crossing the street. Your marriage could fall apart when you weren’t looking; your husband could lose his job; our baby could get sick or die (Jennifer Weiner Quotes) They wouldn’t have believed me, and if they had they would have wanted me to explain. And I had no explanation, no answers. When you’re on a battleground, you don’t have the luxury of time to dwell on the various historical factors and sociopolitical influences that caused the war. You just keep your head down and try to survive it, to shove the pages back in the book, close the covers and pretend that nothing’s broken, nothing’s wrong (Jennifer Weiner Quotes) Being a novelist is hard for anyone - male or female. You don’t get to quit your day job (Jennifer Weiner Quotes) Hefty? I’d railed to Peter, waving the clipping for emphasis. Hefty? For the record ‘Hefty’ is a trash bag. I’m festively plump (Jennifer Weiner Quotes) If there had been an exercise I’d liked, would I have gotten this big in the first place? (Jennifer Weiner Quotes) The condom broke. I know how stupid that sounds. It’s the reproductive version of the dog ate my homework (Jennifer Weiner Quotes) I’ve learned that some broken things stay broken, and I’ve learned that you can get through bad times and keep looking for better ones, as long as you have people who love you (Jennifer Weiner Quotes) Read everything. Read fiction and non-fiction, read hot best sellers and the classics you never got around to in college (Jennifer Weiner Quotes) If a writer writes poems and short stories and novels, but nobody ever reads them, is she really a writer? (Jennifer Weiner Quotes) ... thinking that the world was like an orange, that I could split it open with my thumbnail and find a whole different world, the grown-up world, the secrets beneath the skin (Jennifer Weiner Quotes) ‘This is motherhood for you,’ said my own mother. ‘Going through life with your heart outside your body.’ (Jennifer Weiner Quotes) I don’t trust happiness. I turn it over as if it were a glass at a flea market or a rug at a souk, looking for chipped rims or loose threads (Jennifer Weiner Quotes) If you wish for something hard enough, the fairy tales teach us, you can get it in the end. But it’s hardly ever the way you thought it would be, and the endings aren’t always happy ones (Jennifer Weiner Quotes) As many times as I told her she was beautiful, I know that she never believed me. As many times as I said it didn’t matter, I knew that to her it did (Jennifer Weiner Quotes) I wonder if novels work for women because they give us a safe place to talk about our ish (Jennifer Weiner Quotes) I was an English major in college, took a ton of creative writing courses, and was a newspaper reporter for 10 years (Jennifer Weiner Quotes)

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