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Danielle Trussoni

Danielle Anne Trussoni is an American writer. Her work includes four books: Falling Through the Earth (2006); Angelology (2010), Angelopolis (2012) and memoir The Fortress (2016). In addition to being published in The New York Times Book Review, The Guardian, The New York Times Magazine and Tin House, her writings have been widely anthologized.

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I started listening to the Cure around the time I discovered Joy Division and, like Joy Division, they have shaped my taste in all sorts of dark and dreary ways.

Dark, Division, Joy, Listening

Writing grew out of the pleasure of escape. My novels are very much outside of my personal experience. That is why I love writing fiction. It allows me to leave my existence and inhabit other lives.

Writing, Fiction, Pleasure, Novels, Grew

We create an image of happiness and success and then we are beholden to it. We tell ourselves stories and sometimes these stories become so strong as to imprison us. Breaking free from our personal fortresses is a long, hard journey, but ultimately what allows one to grow.

Strong, Journey, Long, Become, Allows, Grow

I understood that the stories we believe have power over us. They work into our bodies and minds and change us from inside out. What if one day these stories become something stronger, more real, than fairy tales?

Become, Believe, Real, Understood, What If

Even the good angels, I think, would inspire in humans some sort of fear.

Angel, Fear, Good, Inspire, Sort, Thinking

I believe a good memoir should have all of the narrative elements of a novel: character development, dialogue, descriptive language, and metaphor.

Believe, Character, Memoir, Metaphor, Should Have

Beautiful music plays, but not everyone with ears can hear it.

Beautiful, Ears, Music, Play, Plays

I taught myself to write in order to understand who I was and so yes, writing was an act of self-actualization in the beginning.

Order, Self, Taught, Writing

If people start pulling away the stereotypes of what angels are instead of these fluffy, teddy-bear kinds of angels, then they'll see, historically, that they were terrifying in some depictions. In the Bible, from what I remember, often the reaction to angels is one of terror.

Angel, Angels, Depictions, People, Pulling, Pulling Away

There are always those who would put on armour and go into battle. but the real genius is in finding a way to get what you desire without dying for it.

Desire, Dying, Genius, Real

One thing that I don't ever want to do is write something I don't love.

Love, One Thing, Thing, Want, Write, Writing

When the time comes, we can only expect that we have learned enough to succeed.

Enough, Expect, Succeed, Time

Finding one's voice - or creating a narrative voice that has the power to carry your story - is the hardest part.

Narrative Voice, Creating, Stories, Part, Carry, Voice

I don't think there are actually any theologians practicing angelology or studying angels anymore, but it's definitely in a lot of religious literature. It's still out there, and people are still interested. Even in the more secular way, books about angels are everywhere.

Actually, Angel, Angels, Book, Religious, Secular

Don't stay in a bad situation - whether it is a relationship or a job - out of fear of failure. It's not a failure to walk away and choose to be happy. It takes a lot of courage.

Choose, Choose To Be Happy, Failure, Fear Of Failure, Jobs, Relationship

People don't actually think there is such a thing out there as angel research.

Angel, People, Thing, Think, Thinking

If there are too many cooks in the kitchen, the dish is not going to work out.

Cooks, Dish, Dishes, Kitchen, Work Out

Stories of a mythical angel paradise called an Angelopolis are like Peter Pan's Never Never Land.

Angel, Land, Peter, Stories

When I was little, I went to a Catholic school and was required to go to church every morning and with my parents on Sundays, so I spent a lot of time sitting on a wooden pew. Angels are sort of a relief. If you're looking around, the other imagery is so dark and heavy. Looking at the beautifully rendered pictures of angels was more uplifting.

Angel, Catholic, Heavy, Morning, Parents, Uplifting

Maybe that is what marriage is: Two people creating a cult together.

Two, Creating, People, Marriage, Maybe

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