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Shirley Geok-lin Lim Quotes

One arrives at a recognition that one needs to be distracted Picture Quote #1

As the only girl growing up for a long time with only boys, as you pointed out, it seems like I was always surrounded by guys. There was this sense in which my female body was a problem Picture Quote #1

Some Asian American male scholars have claimed this muse to be Guong Goong, God of Literature, and, simultaneously, although not coincidentally or triflingly, God of War, but I did not have such a gendered muse in mind then Picture Quote #1

Free verse is chained in sentence-to-sentence links and breaks free in line breaks Picture Quote #1

After Fifty Shades of Grey, I think my writing is pretty tame, isn’t it? Picture Quote #1

I’m not sure why my muse is female, except when I am deliberately playing against that figure Picture Quote #1

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The consciousness of one’s physical self had to be repressed because, socially, the female body was so visible, an ongoing provocation and incitement of specular curiosity and fascination Picture Quote #1

I guess my writing through time has focused on a number of dimensions that reflect separately on the meaning and social place of the female body Picture Quote #1

The problem of the female body is not something that I’ve studied, but my memoir does treat that theme Picture Quote #1

The foot can march or it can dance, but it cannot stand still until end-stopped Picture Quote #1

My brothers were my peers, but they were not the preeminent male figures in my emotional life Picture Quote #1

In Among the White Moon Faces, I wrote about my desire to be a writer as rooted in my obsessive hours of reading English novels and poetry. It was that spur, that desire, that pushed me to set aside love and marriage in my early twenties Picture Quote #1

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I feel compassionate, because I know [students] all have to go down this road of suffering and it’s going to be tough Picture Quote #1

When someone asks me now, What do you do? I will be able to say, I am a writer Picture Quote #1

The one difference I have noted is that it’s made me more tender to my students and to young people particularly. It’s made me mellower. I began to have a different perspective, because I may not be around much longer to be hassled by life’s pressures Picture Quote #1

Poetry has roots, but they are sometimes cut off and still poetry is written Picture Quote #1

I really felt neurotic - it was a neurotic reason - but I had to teach very, very well. That sucked up a lot of oxygen from my time and my creative thinking Picture Quote #1

Now that I’m more middle class, I have access to consumer goods. I do enjoy feminine frippery, feminine doo-da, stuff like that Picture Quote #1

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Quite a while ago, I made a conscious choice to place my teaching first, so it was very ego-invested. That decision wasn’t a good thing in some ways Picture Quote #1

In actual fact, I have been an academic - a college and university teacher and scholar - for much of the last 45 years, and only rarely a writer Picture Quote #1

The city and nature, the built stone and the found stone, concrete and slate, poetry addresses them all democratically Picture Quote #1

I was driven, as have been many writers, both by a repulsion of the childhood home’s narrow confines and a desire to reach further, to keep desiring more of a future not yet imagined and not yet written down Picture Quote #1

At a certain point, the struggles with teaching and mothering and so on and so forth, those decline, those lessen Picture Quote #1

Sometimes, in my published complaints about not being a writer, I have recalled the prospect - the yearning to be a writer - as it first formed for me Picture Quote #1

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Agency over one’s sexual self - and the articulation of that kind of agency - might seem transgressive to readers who don’t expect it in a woman’s text Picture Quote #1

Philosophy is a bad master for poetry; religion worse; and politics self-serving will never serve the Muse Picture Quote #1

In various memoir pieces, I have traced the trajectory of yearning through decisions made, good and bad, that had somehow kept the ambition on track Picture Quote #1

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One arrives at a recognition that one needs to be distracted (Shirley Geok-lin Lim Quotes) As the only girl growing up for a long time with only boys, as you pointed out, it seems like I was always surrounded by guys. There was this sense in which my female body was a problem. (Shirley Geok-lin Lim Quotes) Some Asian American male scholars have claimed this muse to be Guong Goong, God of Literature, and, simultaneously, although not coincidentally or triflingly, God of War, but I did not have such a gendered muse in mind then. (Shirley Geok-lin Lim Quotes) Free verse is chained in sentence-to-sentence links and breaks free in line breaks (Shirley Geok-lin Lim Quotes) After Fifty Shades of Grey, I think my writing is pretty tame, isn’t it? (Shirley Geok-lin Lim Quotes) I’m not sure why my muse is female, except when I am deliberately playing against that figure (Shirley Geok-lin Lim Quotes) The consciousness of one’s physical self had to be repressed because, socially, the female body was so visible, an ongoing provocation and incitement of specular curiosity and fascination. (Shirley Geok-lin Lim Quotes) I guess my writing through time has focused on a number of dimensions that reflect separately on the meaning and social place of the female body. (Shirley Geok-lin Lim Quotes) The problem of the female body is not something that I’ve studied, but my memoir does treat that theme. (Shirley Geok-lin Lim Quotes) The foot can march or it can dance, but it cannot stand still until end-stopped (Shirley Geok-lin Lim Quotes) My brothers were my peers, but they were not the preeminent male figures in my emotional life (Shirley Geok-lin Lim Quotes) In Among the White Moon Faces, I wrote about my desire to be a writer as rooted in my obsessive hours of reading English novels and poetry. It was that spur, that desire, that pushed me to set aside love and marriage in my early twenties. (Shirley Geok-lin Lim Quotes) I feel compassionate, because I know [students] all have to go down this road of suffering and it’s going to be tough. (Shirley Geok-lin Lim Quotes) When someone asks me now, What do you do? I will be able to say, I am a writer. (Shirley Geok-lin Lim Quotes) The one difference I have noted is that it’s made me more tender to my students and to young people particularly. It’s made me mellower. I began to have a different perspective, because I may not be around much longer to be hassled by life’s pressures. (Shirley Geok-lin Lim Quotes) Poetry has roots, but they are sometimes cut off and still poetry is written (Shirley Geok-lin Lim Quotes) I really felt neurotic - it was a neurotic reason - but I had to teach very, very well. That sucked up a lot of oxygen from my time and my creative thinking. (Shirley Geok-lin Lim Quotes) Now that I’m more middle class, I have access to consumer goods. I do enjoy feminine frippery, feminine doo-da, stuff like that. (Shirley Geok-lin Lim Quotes) Quite a while ago, I made a conscious choice to place my teaching first, so it was very ego-invested. That decision wasn’t a good thing in some ways. (Shirley Geok-lin Lim Quotes) In actual fact, I have been an academic - a college and university teacher and scholar - for much of the last 45 years, and only rarely a writer. (Shirley Geok-lin Lim Quotes) The city and nature, the built stone and the found stone, concrete and slate, poetry addresses them all democratically. (Shirley Geok-lin Lim Quotes) I was driven, as have been many writers, both by a repulsion of the childhood home’s narrow confines and a desire to reach further, to keep desiring more of a future not yet imagined and not yet written down. (Shirley Geok-lin Lim Quotes) At a certain point, the struggles with teaching and mothering and so on and so forth, those decline, those lessen. (Shirley Geok-lin Lim Quotes) Sometimes, in my published complaints about not being a writer, I have recalled the prospect - the yearning to be a writer - as it first formed for me. (Shirley Geok-lin Lim Quotes) Agency over one’s sexual self - and the articulation of that kind of agency - might seem transgressive to readers who don’t expect it in a woman’s text. (Shirley Geok-lin Lim Quotes) Philosophy is a bad master for poetry; religion worse; and politics self-serving will never serve the Muse. (Shirley Geok-lin Lim Quotes) In various memoir pieces, I have traced the trajectory of yearning through decisions made, good and bad, that had somehow kept the ambition on track. (Shirley Geok-lin Lim Quotes)