Sloane Crosley Quotes

In New York and L.A., there is sort of that silent competition to be on the cutting edge of something. You end up having a conversation with how the world receives your work, especially if you are writing narrative, not fiction. Sometimes it is an awkward conversation. It's like group therapy.

Sloane Crosley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 3, 1978

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The cross is the centre of all this in every respect.

John Nelson Darby

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I'm sort of of the belief that people kill themselves from the inside out. When they're unhappy with what they're doing, or not achieving things - when your focus is off-kilter. The thing that keeps me ticking is my values. And I maintain them, because they're worthy. I like to wake up and feel I've done no wrong. I like that feeling.

John Lydon

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We absolutely believed in Heaven and Hell, Purgatory, and even Limbo. I mean, they were actually closer to us than Australia or Canada, that they were real places.

John McGahern

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I don't dabble and spend much mind or time dealing with, I don't know, people's perceptions of me. I truly don't.

Matthew McConaughey

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Cameroon is stronger because it's a country of conquerors, of winners. Cameroon's players aren't necessarily very technical, but that when they play, they play to win.

Roger Milla

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Stories are the rich, unseen underlayer of the most ordinary moments.

Mary Gaitskill

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I'm quite happy trekking around Greenland on my own, but those big book tours in America or the Far East are the only time I ever really feel lonely.

Michelle Paver

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When I finally gave up any hope of doing anything representative of the American family, I actually seemed to have tapped into other people's weirdness in that way.

Jonathan Franzen

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It is wise for us to forget our troubles, there are always new ones to replace them.

Brigham Young

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When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.

Audre Lorde

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Self-compassion is how we recover.

Sheryl Sandberg

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It's amazing that no matter how much money you have, you can make some bad decisions, and in five months you're on the street, begging.

Paz de la Huerta

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