“If I hadn't spent a big chunk of time in academia I might not have the depth of consciousness I do about ideas like that. I might think, for instance, that Freud was no big deal in terms of the shape of social organization then or now. I might think that the discourses of politics and law are real and stable and fair.” IfsThinkingIdeasRealBigsMightLawSocialTermDealsConsciousnessShapesFairsOrganizationDepthInstanceStableDiscourseBig DealAcademiaChunksSocial Organization Author:Lidia Yuknavitch
“I might think that equality has been achieved, there is no power relation going on in terms of class, race, or gender, I might just want to drink my latte and buy pretty shoes and write books about girls who marry, die, or go insane, then go get my nails done.” ThinkingWantWritingHas BeensBookDoneMightDiesGirlTermRaceClassDrinkRelationShoesGenderInsaneNailsLattesNails Done Author:Lidia Yuknavitch
“Only when I make movements away from the tribe of indie art and literature. Maybe that's something important for me to keep thinking about. What you gain, what you lose, why and how. Maybe the edge of the page is the place for me. Maybe that's OK.” ThinkingArtImportantLiteratureLosesMovementPagesGainsEdgesTribes Author:Lidia Yuknavitch
“One of the reasons I love language is that concerning semiotics, language is an arbitrary sign system, which means the signs within it are free-floating, but we put them in a certain order to get them to have meaning for us. If we left them alone, they'd be like water, like the ocean. It would be just this vast field of free-floating matter or signs, so in this way, I think language and water have much in common. It's only us bringing grammar and syntax and diction and the human need for meaning that orders language, hierarchizes it.” ThinkingMeanReasonLanguageWaterCommonOceanSemiotics Author:Lidia Yuknavitch
“This is something I know: damaged women? We don't think we deserve kindness. IN fact, when kindness happens to us, we go a little berserk. It's threatening. Deeply. Because if I have to admit how profoundly I need kindness? I have to admit that I hid the me who deserves it down in a sadness well.” IfsThinkingKnowsNeedsWellsLittlesFactsHappensKindnessSadnessDeserveThreateningBerserk Book:The Chronology of Water: A Memoir Source: The Chronology of Water: A Memoir
“Aspiration gets stuck in some people. It's difficult to think yes. Or up. When all you feel is fight or run.” PeopleThinkingFeelsRunningFightingDifficultStuckAspiration Book:The Chronology of Water: A Memoir Source: The Chronology of Water: A Memoir
“People - I mean couples - don't like to talk much about fighting. It's not attractive. No one likes to admit it or describe it or lay claim to it. We want our coupledoms to look... sanitized and pretty and worthy of admiration. And anger blasts are ugly. But, I think that is a crock. There is a kind of fighting that isn't ugly. There is a way for anger to come our as an energy you let loose and away. The trick is to give it a form, and not a human target. The trick is to transform rage.” PeopleThinkingWayWantGivingHumansLooksKindMeanFormFightingEnergyCoupleClaimsLaysUglyWorthyRageTricksLikesAttractiveTargetAdmirationBlast Author:Lidia Yuknavitch
