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Sheila Heti is a Canadian writer born on December 25, 1976. Her works are known for their unique narrative style and profound self-reflection.

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Famous Sheila Heti Quotes

“It has long been known to me that certain objects want you as much as you want them. These are the ones that become important, the objects that you hold dear. The others fade from your life entirely. You wanted them, but they did not want you in return.”

Want Long Important Wanted Certain Known Objects Return Dear Fades

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“He’s just another man who wants to teach me something.”

Men Want Teach Another Man

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“You have to know where the funny is, and if you know where the funny is, you know everything.”

Ifs Knows

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“We tried not to smile, for smiling only encourages men to bore you and waste your time.”

Men Waste Bores Bores You

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“There are certain people who do not feel like they were raised by wolves, and they are the ones who make the world tick. They are the ones who keep everything functioning so the rest of us can worry about what sort of person we should be.”

People World Feels Should Persons Certain Worry Raised Tick

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“Somehow I had turned myself into the worst thing in the world: I was just another man who wanted to teach me something!”

Men World Wanted Teach Worst Worst Things Another Man

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“We don't know the effects we have on each other, but we have them.”

Knows Effects

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“I always had a fantasy of meeting a girl who was as serious as I was.”

Girl Fantasy Serious Meetings

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“I hadn't realized until this week that in [Moses'] youth he killed a man, an Egyptian, and buried him under some sandI used to worry that I wasn't enough like Jesus, but yesterday I remembered who was my king; a man who, when God addressed him and told him to lead the people out of Egypt, said, 'But I'm not a good talker! Couldn't you ask my brother instead?' So it should not be so hard to come at this life with a bit of honesty. I don't need to be great like the leader of the Christian people. I can be a bumbling, murderous coward like the King of the Jews.”

“To go on and on about your soul is to miss the whole point of life. I could say that with more certainty if I knew the whole point of life.”

Ifs Soul Whole Missing Goes On Certainty Your Soul

Book:How Should a Person Be?: A Novel from Life

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“Then if he's sore with me, let him dump my ass. That will just give me more time to be a genius.”

Ifs Giving Women Genius Give Me Ass More Time Dump

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About the Author

Born: December 25, 1976
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 61

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