“To me, falling in love is the first step in losing my confidence. If I'm in love with somebody, I think that obviously he must have other people in his life. Everything that makes me balanced and happy is suddenly in the hands of someone else. It's an extremely uneasy feeling.” PeopleIfsThinkingFirstsFeelingsHandsFallLove IsStepsLosingFalling In LoveFirst StepsBalancedUneasyUneasy Feelings Author:Joan Juliet Buck
“Practically everything I did as an experiment while I was working on the book made me feel cold, angry, and decidedly peculiar. Clinical. Because I wasn't acting from the motives people usually work from: to feel good, to have fun, to make something last.” PeopleFeelsMadeBookLastsFunActingColdAngryExperimentsFeel GoodHaving FunMotivePeculiarClinicals Author:Joan Juliet Buck
“I used to envy people who had written books, the way I think women envy other women who've had babies. I was resentful, shy, and inhibited around people who had written books. They'd done things I wanted to do.” PeopleThinkingWayBookDoneWantedUsedWrittenBabyEnvyShyResentful Author:Joan Juliet Buck
