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Jenny Offill Quotes

The only love that feels like love is the doomed kind. (Fun fact.) Picture Quote #1

To live in a city is to be forever flinching Picture Quote #1

I can be bolder on the page, as a character. I can gnash my teeth, I can scream and yell, in a way that I’m perhaps too timid to do in real life Picture Quote #1

But now it seems possible that the truth about getting older is that there are fewer and fewer things to make fun of until finally there is nothing you are sure you will never be Picture Quote #1

I think part of what I like about being a fiction writer is that I can inhabit something that’s beyond the limits of my own personality Picture Quote #1

I think that when we’re looking at things when we’re right in the center of things, as opposed to being a bit unmoored from what’s going on around us, we see things through a kind of dulling lens of convention, and there’s something about extreme emotional experiences that gives us a heightened clarity, I think, of thought and of feeling Picture Quote #1

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I had written a novel that was more of a classic linear novel, and I worked on it and worked on it for years, and it always seemed like it wouldn’t catch fire. At a certain point I just scrapped it all, and I kept maybe 15 percent of it, and I wrote those parts out on note cards Picture Quote #1

When God is a father, he is said to be elsewhere. When God is a mother, she is said to be everywhere Picture Quote #1

One of the odd things about being a writer is that you never reach a point of certainty, a point of mastery where you can say, Right. Now I understand how this is done Picture Quote #1

The Buddhists say there are 121 states of consciousness. Of these, only three involve misery or suffering. Most of us spend our time moving back and forth between these three Picture Quote #1

A thought experiment courtesy of the Stoics. If you are tired of everything you possess, imagine that you have lost all these things Picture Quote #1

For years, I kept a Post-it note above my desk. WORK NOT LOVE! was what it said. It seemed a sturdier kind of happiness Picture Quote #1

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Also she signed away the right to self-destruct years ago. The fine print on the birth certificate, her friends call it Picture Quote #1

But now it seems possible that the truth about getting older is that there are fewer and fewer things to make fun of until finally there is nothing you are sure you will never be Picture Quote #1

Always the danger for me in life and in art is not to be brave. I am not a naturally brave person. I have to will myself not to hole up in my house and read my life away Picture Quote #1

What I try to capture as a writer is the feeling of being alive, of being awake Picture Quote #1

I felt like I could write about quiet, self-contained moments and also about those moments when the world rushes in again Picture Quote #1

I can be bolder on the page, as a character. I can gnash my teeth, I can scream and yell, in a way that I’m perhaps too timid to do in real life Picture Quote #1

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I had thought loving two people so much would straighten it Picture Quote #1

These bits of poetry that stick to her like burrs Picture Quote #1

The reason to have a home is to keep certain people in and everyone else out Picture Quote #1

A few nights later, I secretly hope that I might be a genius. Why else can no amount of sleeping pills fell my brain? But in the morning my daughter asks me what a cloud is and I cannot say Picture Quote #1

You think you want the blue skies, the open road, but really you want the tunnel, you want to know how the story ends Picture Quote #1

Some women make it look so easy, the way they cast ambition off like an expensive coat that no longer fits Picture Quote #1

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My plan was to never get married. I was going to be an art monster instead. Women almost never become art monsters because art monsters only concern themselves with art, never mundane things. Nabokov didn’t even fold his own umbrella. Vera licked his stamps for him Picture Quote #1

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The only love that feels like love is the doomed kind. (Fun fact.) (Jenny Offill Quotes) To live in a city is to be forever flinching (Jenny Offill Quotes) I can be bolder on the page, as a character. I can gnash my teeth, I can scream and yell, in a way that I’m perhaps too timid to do in real life. (Jenny Offill Quotes) But now it seems possible that the truth about getting older is that there are fewer and fewer things to make fun of until finally there is nothing you are sure you will never be. (Jenny Offill Quotes) I think part of what I like about being a fiction writer is that I can inhabit something that’s beyond the limits of my own personality. (Jenny Offill Quotes) I think that when we’re looking at things when we’re right in the center of things, as opposed to being a bit unmoored from what’s going on around us, we see things through a kind of dulling lens of convention, and there’s something about extreme emotional experiences that gives us a heightened clarity, I think, of thought and of feeling. (Jenny Offill Quotes) I had written a novel that was more of a classic linear novel, and I worked on it and worked on it for years, and it always seemed like it wouldn’t catch fire. At a certain point I just scrapped it all, and I kept maybe 15 percent of it, and I wrote those parts out on note cards (Jenny Offill Quotes) When God is a father, he is said to be elsewhere. When God is a mother, she is said to be everywhere (Jenny Offill Quotes) One of the odd things about being a writer is that you never reach a point of certainty, a point of mastery where you can say, Right. Now I understand how this is done (Jenny Offill Quotes) The Buddhists say there are 121 states of consciousness. Of these, only three involve misery or suffering. Most of us spend our time moving back and forth between these three (Jenny Offill Quotes) A thought experiment courtesy of the Stoics. If you are tired of everything you possess, imagine that you have lost all these things (Jenny Offill Quotes) For years, I kept a Post-it note above my desk. WORK NOT LOVE! was what it said. It seemed a sturdier kind of happiness (Jenny Offill Quotes) Also she signed away the right to self-destruct years ago. The fine print on the birth certificate, her friends call it (Jenny Offill Quotes) But now it seems possible that the truth about getting older is that there are fewer and fewer things to make fun of until finally there is nothing you are sure you will never be (Jenny Offill Quotes) Always the danger for me in life and in art is not to be brave. I am not a naturally brave person. I have to will myself not to hole up in my house and read my life away (Jenny Offill Quotes) What I try to capture as a writer is the feeling of being alive, of being awake (Jenny Offill Quotes) I felt like I could write about quiet, self-contained moments and also about those moments when the world rushes in again (Jenny Offill Quotes) I can be bolder on the page, as a character. I can gnash my teeth, I can scream and yell, in a way that I’m perhaps too timid to do in real life (Jenny Offill Quotes) I had thought loving two people so much would straighten it (Jenny Offill Quotes) These bits of poetry that stick to her like burrs (Jenny Offill Quotes) The reason to have a home is to keep certain people in and everyone else out (Jenny Offill Quotes) A few nights later, I secretly hope that I might be a genius. Why else can no amount of sleeping pills fell my brain? But in the morning my daughter asks me what a cloud is and I cannot say (Jenny Offill Quotes) You think you want the blue skies, the open road, but really you want the tunnel, you want to know how the story ends (Jenny Offill Quotes) Some women make it look so easy, the way they cast ambition off like an expensive coat that no longer fits (Jenny Offill Quotes) My plan was to never get married. I was going to be an art monster instead. Women almost never become art monsters because art monsters only concern themselves with art, never mundane things. Nabokov didn’t even fold his own umbrella. Vera licked his stamps for him (Jenny Offill Quotes)