- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Challenge
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- Nov 07, 2020
The vehemence with which certain critics have chosen not simply to criticize what I've written, but to challenge my writing this story at all, speaks of what the book is about: fear of disapproval.
- Loyalty
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- Nov 07, 2020
A person who deserves my loyalty receives it.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Although Salinger had long since cut me out of his life completely and made it plain that he had nothing but contempt for me, the thought of becoming the object of his wrath was more than I felt ready to take on.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
At Home in the World is the story of a young woman, raised in some difficult circumstances, and how she survives. It tells a story of redemption, not victimhood.
- Nov 07, 2020
For 25 years, I did take my responsibilities as a pleaser of others sufficiently seriously.
- Fundamental Right
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe every one of us possesses a fundamental right to tell our own story.
- Daughter
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believed my story would be helpful to young women my daughter's age, who are still in the process of forming themselves as women, and in need of encouragement to remain true to themselves.
- Protect
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- Nov 07, 2020
I continued to protect him with my silence.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have long observed that the act of writing is viewed, by some, as an elite and otherworldly act, all the more so if a person isn't paid for what she writes.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wonder what it is that the people who criticize me for telling this story truly object to: is it that I have dared to tell the story? Or that the story turns out not to be the one they wanted to hear?
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
If a man wishes to truly not be written about, he would do well not to write letters to 18-year-old girls, inviting them into his life.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I told you about all the stories I don't tell, I would be violating the very boundaries I set for myself.
- Please
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is not the task of a reader to please her subjects.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
Long after Salinger sent me away, I continued to believe his standards and expectations were the best ones.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many women my age have known the experience of giving up crucial parts of themselves to please the man they love.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020