- Nov 07, 2020
You Quotes
Quotes that speak straight to you.
This collection gathers quotes framed around 'you' - from candid reflections on body image pressures passed down in families to observations about how humor can mask real vulnerability. Many touch on how what you know about yourself differs from how others perceive you.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Juggling your personal life, your social life, and your work is hard, especially when you're in school like I am, but I think it's worth it.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a Fountain of Youth: It is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a coat checker, a dishwasher, a waitress, and those were some of the happiest times of my life because I still got to do my writing. You're lucky when you can work and then do your art.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
It isn't hard to be an artist and do your money thing. It's much harder to wake up in the middle of the night knowing that you're being ripped off and starting to get this feeling in your stomach almost bordering on bitterness toward people who are saying one thing and doing another.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you meet someone who really sees you, it gives you the emotional freedom to pursue your dreams.
- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't like being a model. It feels weird to stand in your knickers in front of people you aren't married to.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother tells this joke about how when I was little I used to say, 'Mummy, all I want is a stable home!' and she'd reply, 'That's all right, darling, we'll buy you a stable.'
- Memories
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I write about things, it's a lot to do with sense memory. How things smell and taste can bring incredible memories flooding back and transport you in an instant to another time and place.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you were to do a line-up of past suitors, it's definitely a very eclectic group, is all I'll say.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always notice the dysfunctional dynamic of human relationships because most places where you encounter it, people are trying to pretend it isn't happening.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can get a bit bored of finding out about yourself. I know nothing about politics, for instance. There's nothing that's stopped me picking up a newspaper in the past, and it's something I really should start to do.
- Jealousy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want my books to explore motives which make people think, 'Wow! Imagine the psychological state you'd have to be in for that to be your motive!' Whereas things like blackmail, jealousy - they're rational reasons for committing murder.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020