"It was actually a women's writing group I belonged to in graduate school that gave me the courage to move from poetry to fiction."
-Mary Gordon
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"One should never be sexually involved with anyone one genuinely cares for. A sexual relationship guarantees a loss.“
-Mary Gordon
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"I think coldness is chic among writers, and particularly ironic coldness. What is absolutely not allowable is sadness. People will do anything rather than to acknowledge that they are sad."
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"We all of us deserve happiness or none of us does."
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"I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
-Marilyn Monroe
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"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
-Robert Frost
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