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“Academic achievement was something I'd always sought as a form of reward. Good grades pleased my parents, good grades pleased my teachers; you got them in order to sew up approval.”

Quote by Caroline Knapp

Book:Drinking: A Love Story

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Drinking: A Love Story

This book offers a nuanced look at the emotional and psychological ties that people form with drinking, weaving together personal stories with broader cultural observations. more

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Caroline Knapp was an American writer known for her memoirs and non-fiction works. Born on November 8, 1959, she passed away on June 3, 2002. Her writing often explored themes of addiction and recovery, and she was a prominent figure in the literary world. more

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“By definition, memoir demands a certain degree of introspection and self-disclosure: In order to fully engage a reader, the narrator has to make herself known, has to allow her own self-awareness to inform the events she describes.”

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“Cottage cheese is one of our culture's most visible symbols of self-denial; marketed honestly, it would appear in dairy cases with warning labels: this substance is self-punitive; ingest with caution.”

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“Desires collide; the wish to eat bumping up against the wish to be thin, the desire to indulge conflicting with the injunction to restrain. Small wonder food makes a woman nervous.”

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“Dogs have such short life spans, it's like a concentrated version of a human life. When they get older, they become much more like our mothers. They wait for us, watch out for us, are completely fascinated by everything we do.”

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“Fall in love with a dog, and in many ways you enter a new orbit, a universe that features not just new colors but new rituals, new rules, a new way of experiencing attachment.”

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