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Lisa Alther Quotes

One didn’t issue instructions to comets. Grown children did what they had to do, and parents could only grit their teeth and watch and pray for them to get through it Picture Quote #1

The only obvious advantage to being an adult is that you can eat your dessert without haying sampled the vegetables Picture Quote #1

It had been fourteen years and I hadn’t had anything published. I had 250 rejection slips. I got my first novel published and it was called Kinflicks. It turned out to be a best seller Picture Quote #1

... Inspiration never arrived when you were searching for it Picture Quote #1

Any mother could perform the jobs of several air traffic controllers with ease Picture Quote #1

We are all visionaries, and what we see is our soul in things Picture Quote #1

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Successful parenting was like log rolling, and she’d often landed in the drink Picture Quote #1

If you kept moving, you never had to mourn what you were leaving behind Picture Quote #1

The strength you’ve insisted on assigning to others is actually within yourself Picture Quote #1

Depression was a very active state really. Even if you appeared to an observer to be immobilized, your mind was in a frenzy of paralysis. You were unable to function, but were actively despising yourself for it Picture Quote #1

One day, maybe she’d stick around to explore her own capacity for the dark, but at the moment all she wanted was a cheeseburger Picture Quote #1

I happen to feel that the degree of a person’s intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic Picture Quote #1

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Just as you began to feel that you could make good use of time, there was no time left to you Picture Quote #1

A snake will always be a snake, even if you put a chain around its neck and try to make it walk upright Picture Quote #1

The man who has no inner life is a slave of his surroundings, as the barometer is the obedient servant of the air Picture Quote #1

One didn’t issue instructions to comets. Grown children did what they had to do, and parents could only grit their teeth and watch and pray for them to get through it Picture Quote #1

Dying was apparently a weaning process; all the attachments to familiar people and objects have to be undone Picture Quote #1

If this was adulthood the only improvement she could detect in her situation was that she could now eat dessert without eating her vegetables Picture Quote #1

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That’s the risk you take if you change: that people you’ve been involved with won’t like the new you. But other people who do will come along Picture Quote #1

I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside reinforcement isn’t all that important to me Picture Quote #1

What a surprise to find you could shift the contents of your head like rearranging furniture in a room Picture Quote #1

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One didn’t issue instructions to comets. Grown children did what they had to do, and parents could only grit their teeth and watch and pray for them to get through it. (Lisa Alther Quotes) The only obvious advantage to being an adult is that you can eat your dessert without haying sampled the vegetables. (Lisa Alther Quotes) It had been fourteen years and I hadn’t had anything published. I had 250 rejection slips. I got my first novel published and it was called Kinflicks. It turned out to be a best seller (Lisa Alther Quotes) ... Inspiration never arrived when you were searching for it (Lisa Alther Quotes) Any mother could perform the jobs of several air traffic controllers with ease (Lisa Alther Quotes) We are all visionaries, and what we see is our soul in things (Lisa Alther Quotes) Successful parenting was like log rolling, and she’d often landed in the drink (Lisa Alther Quotes) If you kept moving, you never had to mourn what you were leaving behind (Lisa Alther Quotes) The strength you’ve insisted on assigning to others is actually within yourself (Lisa Alther Quotes) Depression was a very active state really. Even if you appeared to an observer to be immobilized, your mind was in a frenzy of paralysis. You were unable to function, but were actively despising yourself for it (Lisa Alther Quotes) One day, maybe she’d stick around to explore her own capacity for the dark, but at the moment all she wanted was a cheeseburger (Lisa Alther Quotes) I happen to feel that the degree of a person’s intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic (Lisa Alther Quotes) Just as you began to feel that you could make good use of time, there was no time left to you (Lisa Alther Quotes) A snake will always be a snake, even if you put a chain around its neck and try to make it walk upright (Lisa Alther Quotes) The man who has no inner life is a slave of his surroundings, as the barometer is the obedient servant of the air (Lisa Alther Quotes) One didn’t issue instructions to comets. Grown children did what they had to do, and parents could only grit their teeth and watch and pray for them to get through it (Lisa Alther Quotes) Dying was apparently a weaning process; all the attachments to familiar people and objects have to be undone (Lisa Alther Quotes) If this was adulthood the only improvement she could detect in her situation was that she could now eat dessert without eating her vegetables (Lisa Alther Quotes) That’s the risk you take if you change: that people you’ve been involved with won’t like the new you. But other people who do will come along (Lisa Alther Quotes) I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside reinforcement isn’t all that important to me (Lisa Alther Quotes) What a surprise to find you could shift the contents of your head like rearranging furniture in a room (Lisa Alther Quotes)