“Just ask yourself, if we weren't taught to be women, what would we be? (Ask yourself this question even if you're a man, and don't cheat by changing the words.)” IfsMenAsksTaughtCheat Author:Karen Joy Fowler
“Allegra's Austen wrote about the impact of financial need on the intimate lives of women. If she'd worked in a bookstore, Allegra would have shelved Austen in the horror section.” IfsNeedsHorrorImpactFinancialIntimateSectionsBookstoresAusten Book:The Jane Austen Book Club Source: The Jane Austen Book Club
“The happening and telling are very different things. This doesn’t mean that the story isn’t true, only that I honestly don’t know anymore if I really remember it or only remember how to tell it. Language does this to our memories, simplifies, solidifies, codifies, mummifies. An off-told story is like a photograph in a family album. Eventually it replaces the moment it was meant to capture.” IfsKnowsMeanDoeDifferentMomentsStoriesRememberLanguageMemoriesHappeningsPhotographAlbumsHonestlyDifferent ThingsCaptureOur MemoriesSimplify Author:Karen Joy Fowler
“I wonder sometimes if I'm the only one spending my life making the same mistake over and over again or if that's simply human. Do we all tend toward a single besetting sin?” IfsHumansSometimesSinMistakeWonderSpendingSame MistakesMaking The Same Mistakes Book:We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves Source: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
