“Go for long walks, indulge in hot baths, Question your assumptions, be kind to yourself, live for the moment, loosen up, scream, curse the world, count your blessings, Just let go, Just be.” WorldKindLongMomentsWalksBlessingLetting GoHotCurseAssumptionBe KindScreamLive In The MomentBathsIndulgeIndulge InCount Your BlessingsJust Let GoLong WalksHot BathsBe Kind To Yourself Author:Carol Shields
“I couldn't have been a novelist without being a mother. It gives you a unique witness point of the growth of a personality. It was a kind of biological component for me that had to come first. My children gave this other window on the world.” WorldGivingFirstsKindChildrenHas BeensMotherGrowthPersonalityUniqueWindowWitnessMy ChildrenNovelistsComponentsBeing A Mother Author:Carol Shields
“And yet, within her anxiety, secured there like a gemstone, she carries the cool and curious power of occasionally being able to see the world vividly. Clarity bursts upon her a spray of little stars. She understands this, and thinks of it as one of the tricks of consciousness; there is something almost luxurious about it.. The narrative maze opens and permits her to pass through. She may be crowded out of her own life - she knows this for a fact and has always know it - but she possesses, as a compensatory gift, the startling ability to draft alternative versions.” ThinkingKnowsWorldMayLittlesFactsAbleStarsAbilityConsciousnessAnxietyTricksVersionsClarityCuriousAlternativesNarrativeCarriePermitCrowdedSpraySecuredMazesLuxurious Author:Carol Shields
