It is a great paradox and a great injustice that writers write because we fear death and want … - Ariel Gore

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There is only one proper way to wear a beautiful dress: to forget you are wearing it.

Ariel Gore

It is a great paradox and a great injustice that writers write because we fear death and want to leave something indestructible in our wake and, at the same time, are drawn to all the things that kill: whiskey and cigarettes, unprotected sex, and deep-fried burritos.

Sex, Writing, Burritos, Whiskey, Unprotected, Leave

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The first person who ever told me that happiness was work was this manic-depressive artist I knew when I was in my 20s. I was like, 'What are you talking about? Happiness just happens. That's even the root of that word. How could it be work?

Artist, Happens, Happiness, Like, Talking, Work

A lot of women make choices based on how they saw their mother's choices working out, how they saw the choices of the women elders in their lives working out. There's some rebellion in that, but there's also some deep reflection.

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Your heart is the size of your fist; keep loving, keep fighting.

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I've never been socially outgoing, but I suspect I've gotten more and more ambivalent about making new friends. I'm irritated by how-do-you-do chit-chat, but that's how new relationships usually begin.

Begin, Irritated, New Friends, New Relationship, Socially

Before I published anything, I dreamed of publication, but I didn't actually write for it. I imagined that writing for an audience was something for fancier people. I aspired, but mostly I wrote for myself. I wrote because it made me happy.

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