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Siri Hustvedt Quotes

We lose ourselves in stories; that’s the beauty of literary art Picture Quote #1

Crippled and crazy, we hobble toward the finish line, pen in hand Picture Quote #1

I have a tendency to face my bad fantasies in my books Picture Quote #1

We chart delusions through collective agreement Picture Quote #1

Neurobiological research has shown that in people with chronic PTSD, both stress hormone secretion and areas of the brain connected to memory function, such as the hippocampus, appear to be affected, although exactly how and why remains controversial Picture Quote #1

The relationship between the imagined and the real is more complicated than people imagine Picture Quote #1

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Sleep resistance, bouts of insomnia, nightmares, night terrors, crawling into bed with parents in the middle of the night - all these are so common among children, it seems fair to call them ‘normal.’ Picture Quote #1

Having children is one of the most passionate and involving bits of business in human life Picture Quote #1

As one of four daughters, I grew up with an imaginary brother - wondering what it would have been like if one of us had been a boy. There’s no question that there was a phantom boy child in my imagination when I was young Picture Quote #1

I am always suspicious of those who impose ‘rules’ on child rearing. Every child is different in terms of temperament and learning, and every parent responds to a particular child, not some generalized infant or youngster Picture Quote #1

True stories can’t be told forward, only backward. We invent them from the vantage point of an ever-changing present and tell ourselves how they unfolded Picture Quote #1

The mind-brain is lived only from a first-person perspective, and it is a dynamic, plastic organ that changes in relation to the environment Picture Quote #1

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In August of 2002, I survived a car accident. Although I can still see the van speeding toward us, I cannot bring to mind the crash itself - only its aftermath Picture Quote #1

Even in fiction, I feel rigorous honesty applies. It doesn’t apply to facts; it applies to what I think of as not telling emotional lies, which is a funny business Picture Quote #1

I found myself fascinated by neuroscience, attended a monthly lecture on brain science at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute, and was invited to become a member of a discussion group devoted to a new field: neuropsychoanalysis Picture Quote #1

The history of fiction is about family - an inexhaustible subject for literature. We are creatures driven by emotions that are on high display in intimate relations - inside the family Picture Quote #1

We live in a culture that is much happier talking about organic brain disease than about psychic illness because the former suggests that something that is physically wrong in a brain is wholly unrelated to that person’s upbringing or experiences in the world, but that is not necessarily true Picture Quote #1

The brain-mind is not a computer, and regarding it as one has led to a variety of theoretical dead ends Picture Quote #1

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I have suffered from migraines since childhood and have long been curious about my own aching head, my dizziness, my divine lifting feelings, my sparklers and black holes, and my single visual hallucination of a little pink man and a pink ox on the floor of my bedroom Picture Quote #1

When I taught writing classes to psychiatric patients, I met people whose stories of manic highs and immobilizing lows appeared to be textbook descriptions of classic bipolar disorder. I met other patients who had been diagnosed with myriad disorders. No doctor seemed to agree about what they actually suffered from Picture Quote #1

Many scholars working in the humanities have already shown interest in brain research. For years, contemporary theory in the humanities has left the body and biology out of their discussions Picture Quote #1

There’s a phenomenology of being sick, one that depends on temperament, personal history, and the culture which we live in Picture Quote #1

I watched ‘Holiday’ in college, and that was when I had my first fantasy of being Katharine Hepburn, standing at the top of the staircase in a huge Hollywood mansion Picture Quote #1

I have not been diagnosed with epilepsy. I did have an MRI of the brain, and they found no abnormalities in my brain. Now, there are people with epilepsy who have completely normal MRI’s, too. I just think also, you know, epileptic seizures can be triggered by emotional stress, by all kinds of things, lights Picture Quote #1

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No matter how brilliant or accomplished they are, there is something emasculating for men in being pitted against a woman. It is even more true in creative fields already considered to be squishy and feminine, and it’s a big problem because great women have been left off the record Picture Quote #1

I have found that all of my memories seem to need a place and that a good part of what we think of as explicit memory has to do with location Picture Quote #1

Ego, id, and superego are terms familiar to all, but for many years, Freud’s psychoanalytic theory has thrived in English departments around the country as a tool for interpreting literary texts but has rarely, if ever, been discussed in science departments Picture Quote #1

There is a difference between using a made-up name and using real people as pseudonyms. People are not costumes you can wear. They are flesh and blood Picture Quote #1

There was a film class in my high school in Northfield, Minnesota, which was very unusual. I saw my first Buster Keaton film there, aged about 15. It made a gigantic impression on me Picture Quote #1

Far more women read fiction than men, and because of this, novels have become marginalised as serious texts Picture Quote #1

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We lose ourselves in stories; that’s the beauty of literary art (Siri Hustvedt Quotes) Crippled and crazy, we hobble toward the finish line, pen in hand (Siri Hustvedt Quotes) I have a tendency to face my bad fantasies in my books (Siri Hustvedt Quotes) We chart delusions through collective agreement (Siri Hustvedt Quotes) Neurobiological research has shown that in people with chronic PTSD, both stress hormone secretion and areas of the brain connected to memory function, such as the hippocampus, appear to be affected, although exactly how and why remains controversial. (Siri Hustvedt Quotes) The relationship between the imagined and the real is more complicated than people imagine (Siri Hustvedt Quotes) Sleep resistance, bouts of insomnia, nightmares, night terrors, crawling into bed with parents in the middle of the night - all these are so common among children, it seems fair to call them ‘normal.’ (Siri Hustvedt Quotes) Having children is one of the most passionate and involving bits of business in human life (Siri Hustvedt Quotes) As one of four daughters, I grew up with an imaginary brother - wondering what it would have been like if one of us had been a boy. There’s no question that there was a phantom boy child in my imagination when I was young. (Siri Hustvedt Quotes) I am always suspicious of those who impose ‘rules’ on child rearing. Every child is different in terms of temperament and learning, and every parent responds to a particular child, not some generalized infant or youngster. (Siri Hustvedt Quotes) True stories can’t be told forward, only backward. We invent them from the vantage point of an ever-changing present and tell ourselves how they unfolded. (Siri Hustvedt Quotes) The mind-brain is lived only from a first-person perspective, and it is a dynamic, plastic organ that changes in relation to the environment. (Siri Hustvedt Quotes) In August of 2002, I survived a car accident. Although I can still see the van speeding toward us, I cannot bring to mind the crash itself - only its aftermath. (Siri Hustvedt Quotes) Even in fiction, I feel rigorous honesty applies. It doesn’t apply to facts; it applies to what I think of as not telling emotional lies, which is a funny business. (Siri Hustvedt Quotes) I found myself fascinated by neuroscience, attended a monthly lecture on brain science at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute, and was invited to become a member of a discussion group devoted to a new field: neuropsychoanalysis. (Siri Hustvedt Quotes) The history of fiction is about family - an inexhaustible subject for literature. We are creatures driven by emotions that are on high display in intimate relations - inside the family. (Siri Hustvedt Quotes) We live in a culture that is much happier talking about organic brain disease than about psychic illness because the former suggests that something that is physically wrong in a brain is wholly unrelated to that person’s upbringing or experiences in the world, but that is not necessarily true. (Siri Hustvedt Quotes) The brain-mind is not a computer, and regarding it as one has led to a variety of theoretical dead ends. (Siri Hustvedt Quotes) I have suffered from migraines since childhood and have long been curious about my own aching head, my dizziness, my divine lifting feelings, my sparklers and black holes, and my single visual hallucination of a little pink man and a pink ox on the floor of my bedroom. (Siri Hustvedt Quotes) When I taught writing classes to psychiatric patients, I met people whose stories of manic highs and immobilizing lows appeared to be textbook descriptions of classic bipolar disorder. I met other patients who had been diagnosed with myriad disorders. No doctor seemed to agree about what they actually suffered from. (Siri Hustvedt Quotes) Many scholars working in the humanities have already shown interest in brain research. For years, contemporary theory in the humanities has left the body and biology out of their discussions. (Siri Hustvedt Quotes) There’s a phenomenology of being sick, one that depends on temperament, personal history, and the culture which we live in. (Siri Hustvedt Quotes) I watched ‘Holiday’ in college, and that was when I had my first fantasy of being Katharine Hepburn, standing at the top of the staircase in a huge Hollywood mansion. (Siri Hustvedt Quotes) I have not been diagnosed with epilepsy. I did have an MRI of the brain, and they found no abnormalities in my brain. Now, there are people with epilepsy who have completely normal MRI’s, too. I just think also, you know, epileptic seizures can be triggered by emotional stress, by all kinds of things, lights. (Siri Hustvedt Quotes) No matter how brilliant or accomplished they are, there is something emasculating for men in being pitted against a woman. It is even more true in creative fields already considered to be squishy and feminine, and it’s a big problem because great women have been left off the record. (Siri Hustvedt Quotes) I have found that all of my memories seem to need a place and that a good part of what we think of as explicit memory has to do with location. (Siri Hustvedt Quotes) Ego, id, and superego are terms familiar to all, but for many years, Freud’s psychoanalytic theory has thrived in English departments around the country as a tool for interpreting literary texts but has rarely, if ever, been discussed in science departments. (Siri Hustvedt Quotes) There is a difference between using a made-up name and using real people as pseudonyms. People are not costumes you can wear. They are flesh and blood. (Siri Hustvedt Quotes) There was a film class in my high school in Northfield, Minnesota, which was very unusual. I saw my first Buster Keaton film there, aged about 15. It made a gigantic impression on me. (Siri Hustvedt Quotes) Far more women read fiction than men, and because of this, novels have become marginalised as serious texts. (Siri Hustvedt Quotes)

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