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American novelist born on September 3, 1926. Alison Lurie is known for her delicate psychological portrayals and profound insights into American social culture.

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“Grosvenor and Burke suggest that continually, though silently, a school building tells students who they are and how they should think about the world. It can help to manufacture rote obedience or independent activity; it can create high self-confidence or low self-esteem.”

Thinking World Should Self Helping School Self Esteem Students Building Activity Lows Independent Self Confidence Esteem Obedience Low Self Esteem School Buildings

Author:Alison Lurie

“Many Americans think of the rest of the world as a kind of Disneyland, a showplace for quaint fauna, flora and artifacts. They dress for travel in cheap, comfortable, childish clothes, as if they were going to the zoo and would not be seen by anyone except the animals.”

Ifs Thinking World Kind Animal Travel Comfortable Clothes Dresses Zoos Disneyland Artifacts Quaint Flora

Author:Alison Lurie

“But I think that sometimes, when one's behaved like a rather second-rate person, the way I did at breakfast, then in a kind of self-destructive shock one goes and does something really second-rate. Almost as if to prove it.”

Ifs Thinking Way Kind Persons Doe Self Sometimes Prove Rate Shock Destructive Breakfast Prove It Self Destructive Second Rate

Book:Real People: A Novel

Source: Real People: A Novel

“There's a rule, I think. You get what you want in life, but not your second choice too.”

Thinking Want Life Choices What You Want Second Choice

Book:Real People: A Novel

Source: Real People: A Novel

About the Author

Born: September 3, 1926
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 48

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