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Rachel Cusk Quotes

Feminism remains something that needs to be explained to people Picture Quote #1

It’s a pretty brutal process, having a baby Picture Quote #1

Honest criticism, I suppose, has its place. But honest writing is infinitely more valuable Picture Quote #1

Reality might be described as the eternal equipoise of positive and negative Picture Quote #1

Childhood, after all, is not an ending, but rather a state full of potent curiosity Picture Quote #1

People are least aware of others when demonstrating their own power over them Picture Quote #1

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A sentence is born into this world neither good nor bad, and that to establish its character is a question of the subtlest possible adjustments, a process of intuition to which exaggeration and force are fatal Picture Quote #1

As it stands, motherhood is a sort of wilderness through which each woman hacks her way, part martyr, part pioneer; a turn of events from which some women derive feelings of heroism, while others experience a sense of exile from the world they knew Picture Quote #1

A feminist man is a bit like a vegetarian: it’s the humanitarian principle he’s defending, I suppose Picture Quote #1

Christianity has kept itself going for centuries on hope alone, and has perpetrated all manner of naughtiness in the meantime Picture Quote #1

Even if they knew the truth of their own feelings, most mothers would be socially and emotionally incapable of revealing it Picture Quote #1

Every time I write a book, I’ve probably taken five years off my life Picture Quote #1

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Help is dangerous because it exists outside the human economy: the only payment for help is gratitude Picture Quote #1

How can there be so many mothers in the world but so little sense of what it might be to become one? Picture Quote #1

I have absolutely no concept of work, except for university. But I like to talk to people a lot about their jobs Picture Quote #1

I remain fascinated by where you go as a woman once you are a mother, and if you ever come back Picture Quote #1

I’m waiting for the day when my children cease to find my domestic propriety reassuring and actually find it annoying Picture Quote #1

Like the child, the creative writing student is posited as a centre of vulnerable creativity, needful of attention and authority Picture Quote #1

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We who were born were not witnesses to our birth: like death, it is something we are forever after trying to catch sight of Picture Quote #1

Parenthood, like death, is an event for which it is nearly impossible to be prepared. It brings you into a new relationship with the fact of your own existence, a relationship in which one may be rendered helpless Picture Quote #1

An eating disorder epidemic suggests that love and disgust are being jointly marketed, as it were; that wherever the proposition might first have come from, the unacceptability of the female body has been disseminated culturally Picture Quote #1

I suppose, I said, it is one definition of love, the belief in something that only the two of you can see Picture Quote #1

As writers go, I have a skin of average thickness. I am pleased by a good review, disappointed by a bad. None of it penetrates far enough to influence the thing I write next Picture Quote #1

Having your second child, in case you were wondering, is a lot harder than having your first, except for those people who find it easier. I’m afraid I don’t have the latest figures to confirm this Picture Quote #1

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I was aware, in those early days of motherhood, that my behaviour was strange to the people who knew me well. It was as though I had been brainwashed, taken over by a cult religion. And yet this cult, motherhood, was not a place where I could actually live. Like any cult, it demanded a complete surrender of identity to belong to it Picture Quote #1

There is always shame in the creation of an expressive work, whether it’s a book or a clay pot. Every artist worries about how they will be seen by others through their work. When you create, you aspire to do justice to yourself, to remake yourself, and there is always the fear that you will expose the very thing that you hoped to transform Picture Quote #1

It is interesting how keen people are for you to do something they would never dream of doing themselves, how enthusiasticall y they drive you to your own destruction Picture Quote #1

My children are living, thinking human beings. It isn’t in my power to regret them, for they belong to themselves Picture Quote #1

Leaving things behind and starting again is a way of coping with difficulties. I learnt very early in my life that I was able to leave a place and still remain myself Picture Quote #1

The writing you allude to is a form of dissent, but it’s also expressive of the need to evolve beyond what is turgid and stale in contemporary fiction Picture Quote #1

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Feminism remains something that needs to be explained to people (Rachel Cusk Quotes) It’s a pretty brutal process, having a baby (Rachel Cusk Quotes) Honest criticism, I suppose, has its place. But honest writing is infinitely more valuable (Rachel Cusk Quotes) Reality might be described as the eternal equipoise of positive and negative (Rachel Cusk Quotes) Childhood, after all, is not an ending, but rather a state full of potent curiosity (Rachel Cusk Quotes) People are least aware of others when demonstrating their own power over them (Rachel Cusk Quotes) A sentence is born into this world neither good nor bad, and that to establish its character is a question of the subtlest possible adjustments, a process of intuition to which exaggeration and force are fatal (Rachel Cusk Quotes) As it stands, motherhood is a sort of wilderness through which each woman hacks her way, part martyr, part pioneer; a turn of events from which some women derive feelings of heroism, while others experience a sense of exile from the world they knew (Rachel Cusk Quotes) A feminist man is a bit like a vegetarian: it’s the humanitarian principle he’s defending, I suppose (Rachel Cusk Quotes) Christianity has kept itself going for centuries on hope alone, and has perpetrated all manner of naughtiness in the meantime (Rachel Cusk Quotes) Even if they knew the truth of their own feelings, most mothers would be socially and emotionally incapable of revealing it (Rachel Cusk Quotes) Every time I write a book, I’ve probably taken five years off my life (Rachel Cusk Quotes) Help is dangerous because it exists outside the human economy: the only payment for help is gratitude (Rachel Cusk Quotes) How can there be so many mothers in the world but so little sense of what it might be to become one? (Rachel Cusk Quotes) I have absolutely no concept of work, except for university. But I like to talk to people a lot about their jobs (Rachel Cusk Quotes) I remain fascinated by where you go as a woman once you are a mother, and if you ever come back (Rachel Cusk Quotes) I’m waiting for the day when my children cease to find my domestic propriety reassuring and actually find it annoying (Rachel Cusk Quotes) Like the child, the creative writing student is posited as a centre of vulnerable creativity, needful of attention and authority (Rachel Cusk Quotes) We who were born were not witnesses to our birth: like death, it is something we are forever after trying to catch sight of (Rachel Cusk Quotes) Parenthood, like death, is an event for which it is nearly impossible to be prepared. It brings you into a new relationship with the fact of your own existence, a relationship in which one may be rendered helpless (Rachel Cusk Quotes) An eating disorder epidemic suggests that love and disgust are being jointly marketed, as it were; that wherever the proposition might first have come from, the unacceptability of the female body has been disseminated culturally (Rachel Cusk Quotes) I suppose, I said, it is one definition of love, the belief in something that only the two of you can see (Rachel Cusk Quotes) As writers go, I have a skin of average thickness. I am pleased by a good review, disappointed by a bad. None of it penetrates far enough to influence the thing I write next (Rachel Cusk Quotes) Having your second child, in case you were wondering, is a lot harder than having your first, except for those people who find it easier. I’m afraid I don’t have the latest figures to confirm this (Rachel Cusk Quotes) I was aware, in those early days of motherhood, that my behaviour was strange to the people who knew me well. It was as though I had been brainwashed, taken over by a cult religion. And yet this cult, motherhood, was not a place where I could actually live. Like any cult, it demanded a complete surrender of identity to belong to it (Rachel Cusk Quotes) There is always shame in the creation of an expressive work, whether it’s a book or a clay pot. Every artist worries about how they will be seen by others through their work. When you create, you aspire to do justice to yourself, to remake yourself, and there is always the fear that you will expose the very thing that you hoped to transform (Rachel Cusk Quotes) It is interesting how keen people are for you to do something they would never dream of doing themselves, how enthusiasticall y they drive you to your own destruction (Rachel Cusk Quotes) My children are living, thinking human beings. It isn’t in my power to regret them, for they belong to themselves (Rachel Cusk Quotes) Leaving things behind and starting again is a way of coping with difficulties. I learnt very early in my life that I was able to leave a place and still remain myself (Rachel Cusk Quotes) The writing you allude to is a form of dissent, but it’s also expressive of the need to evolve beyond what is turgid and stale in contemporary fiction (Rachel Cusk Quotes)

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