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Janet Fitch is a renowned American contemporary author, born on November 9, 1955, in California. Her works are known for their profound character development and unique narrative style, with notable titles including 'The Geeks' and 'Paint It Black'.

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“In our exterior life, we can be only one person. But in our imagination, we can be anyone, anywhere.”

Persons Imagination Exterior

Author:Janet Fitch

“Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it tunnels into you allows your soul room to grow. Never expect to outgrow loneliness. Never hope to find people who will understand you, someone to fill that space. An intelligent, sensitive person is the exception, the very great exception. If you expect to find people who will understand you, you will grow murderous with disappointment. The best you'll ever do is to understand yourself, know what it is that you want, and not let the cattle stand in your way.”

“It's such a liability to love another person.”

Persons Liability

Book:White Oleander

Source: White Oleander

“...The men eyed her with the automatic mix of curiosity, lust, and aesthetic judgment they always gave young women, subject to object, the way you'd stare at an animal. She pretended not to notice. To remind them she was a person was too much effort. Objects bore no guilt.”

Men Way Persons Young Animal Effort Too Much Subjects Objects Judgment Guilt Curiosity Lust Staring Aesthetic Bores Young Women

Book:Paint It Black

Source: Paint It Black

“At every moment, each instrument knew what to play. Its little bit. But none could see the whole thing like this, all at once, only its own part. Just like life. Each person was like a line of music, but nobody knew what the symphony sounded like. Only the conductor had the whole score.”

Littles Persons Play Whole Moments Bits Lines Little Bit Instruments Score Symphony Conductor

Author:Janet Fitch

“Do you ever want to go home?' I asked Paul. He brushed an ash from my face. 'It's the century of the displaced person,' he said. 'You can never go home.”

Want Persons Said Home Faces Century Ashes

Book:White Oleander

Source: White Oleander

“A person didn’t need to be beautiful, they just needed to be loved. But I couldn’t help wanting it. If that was the way I could be loved, to be beautiful, I’d take it”

Ifs Way Needs Persons Helping Beautiful Needed

Book:White Oleander

Source: White Oleander

“As a person with terrible handwriting, I love the computer. I've waited all my life for the computer.”

Persons Terrible Computer Handwriting

Author:Janet Fitch

“To make films, you have to have boundless energy; you have to work and play with others really, really well, and I'm really a more contemplative kind of person. I like to sit at home and think, a lot.”

Thinking Wells Kind Persons Play Home Film Energy Boundless Contemplative Work And Play

Author:Janet Fitch

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Born: November 9, 1955
Known for: Author
Quotes: 274

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White OleanderRelated source material

Paint It BlackRelated source material

Paint It Black: A NovelRelated source material

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