Best quotes by Claire Messud on People
Checkout quotes by Claire Messud on People
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‟ An abiding preoccupation for me is how much of our lives are invisible and unknown by other people, like the Chekhov story 'The Lady With the Little Dog.'
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‟ Women's anger is very scary to people, and to no one more than to other women, who think, 'My goodness, if I let the lid off, where would we be?'
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‟ We think that we know people from this constellation of points: 'I know that story. I know that girl. I've heard that story a thousand times.' But actually, you never know that story.
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‟ I'm a big believer in the complex realities of young people's lives.
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‟ For me, the watershed was Hurricane Katrina. If that didn't get people out on the streets, then what will?
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‟ In the world I've lived in, gay marriage, for example, seems completely logical. And yet there are many people who don't live in that world.
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