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Fiction writer

Born in 1965, Jessica Zafra is a renowned fiction writer known for her unique narrative style and profound humanistic concerns. Her works have won widespread acclaim and have been recognized both domestically and internationally.

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Famous Jessica Zafra Quotes

“If you are honest with yourself, your life will be so much more pleasant.”

Ifs Honest Pleasant Honest With Yourself

Book:The 500 people you meet in hell

Source: The 500 people you meet in hell

“We often reward mediocrity because it is comforting. If they can do it, anyone can do it.”

Ifs Can Do Rewards Mediocrity Comforting

Author:Jessica Zafra

“Sometimes I wonder if, instead of falling madly in love, we should aspire to fall sanely in love. But then, what would be the point?”

Ifs Should Sometimes Would Be Fall Wonder Aspire Madly In Love Sometimes I Wonder

Book:Twisted

Source: Twisted

“Greasy food might not be good for your body, but it does wonders for the soul. A healthy diet may prolong your life, but what would you have to live for? What is the point of living to a hundred if you have to subsist on bland food? One may as well die of boredom.”

Ifs Wells May Doe Soul Body Might Dies Wonder Healthy Hundred Be Good Your Body Diets Boredom Bland Healthy Diet

Book:Twisted

Source: Twisted

“We like to look for patterns and find connections in unrelated events. This way we can explain them to ourselves. Life seems neater, or at least less messy. We need to feel we are in control: it is integral to our self-esteem. We also know, though we deny it, that we are not in control. So we settle for the illusions of control. What if we stopped fooling ourselves?”

Ifs Knows Way Needs Feels Looks Self Seems Events Self Esteem Illusion Connections Patterns Deny Esteem Settling What If Messy Illusion Of Control Fooling Ourselves

Author:Jessica Zafra

“What exactly did we learn in kindergarten? Nothing we wouldn't have learned if we;d stayed home. Okay, we learned that sometimes, by the time you get to the bathroom, it's too late.”

Ifs Sometimes Home Late Okay Too Late Bathroom Kindergarten

Book:Chicken pox for the soul

Source: Chicken pox for the soul

About the Author

Born: 1965
Known for: Fiction writer
Quotes: 37

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