“[On her and husband Michael Dorris:] We both have title collections. I think a title is like a magnet. It begins to draw these scraps of experience or conversation or memory to it. Eventually, it collects a book.” ThinkingBookMemoriesHusbandConversationDrawsTitlesCollectionsScrapMagnet Book:Conversations with Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris Source: Conversations with Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris
“I grew up without the rose-tinted look at the profession many of my friends had, but I've been very lucky playing major roles in 'An Ideal Husband', 'Arcadia' and 'The Memory of Water'.” LooksWaterMemoriesRolesGrewLuckyHusbandMajorsGrew UpMy FriendsIdealsRoseProfessionArcadiaIdeal Husband Author:Samantha Bond
“It would be hard to conceive a system of instincts more nicely adjusted, where the constituents should represent or support one another better. The husband has an interest in protecting the wife, she in serving the husband. The weaker gains in authority and safety, the wilder and more unconcerned finds a help-mate at home to take thought of his daily necessities. Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality.” ShouldChildrenHardHelpingHomeWould BeParentInterestMemoriesSupportWifeHusbandAuthorityGainsSafetyInstinctImmortalityServingMatesConstituentsWilderVicariousUnconcerned Book:The Life of Reason: Human Understanding Source: The Life of Reason: Human Understanding