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Famous Rachel Cusk Quotes
“That's writing for you: when you make space for passion, it doesn't turn up.”
“Reality might be described as the eternal equipoise of positive and negative.”
“If love is what is held to make us immortal, hatred is the reverse.”
“People are least aware of others when demonstrating their own power over them.”
“Honest criticism, I suppose, has its place. But honest writing is infinitely more valuable.”
“Childhood, after all, is not an ending, but rather a state full of potent curiosity.”
“Every time I write a book, I've probably taken five years off my life.”
“Feminism remains something that needs to be explained to people.”
“I absolutely don't dislike children - I would choose their company over adult company any time.”
“I am a good and interested mother - which has surprised me.”
“I don't really believe in stories, only in the people who tell them.”
“I remain fascinated by where you go as a woman once you are a mother, and if you ever come back.”
“It is living, not thinking, as a feminist that has become the challenge.”
“What other grown-up gets told how to do their job so often as a writer?”