The Folded Clock: A Diary
Heidi Julavits
Top 10 Best Quotes
“When I write, I am trying through the movement of my fingers to reach my head. I’m trying to build a word ladder up to my brain.”
“My behavior makes perfect sense to me.”
“In the midst of such uncertainty, I cling not to what I know, but what I feel.”
“At a certain point, it seems more polite to just become the person people assume you to be.”
“Worrying about originality is like worrying about the best place to hang your wall phone.”
“Crushes thrive in small spaces. Humans must be programmed to respond positively when faced with a small sampling of other humans in, say, caves. You're stuck in a cave with three other people - all mankind, presumably, was hidden away in such tiny groups during the winters until the thaw - and so, in order for the species to thrive, you must be biologically compelled to fuck at least one person in your cave, despite the fact that, when surrounded by a plenitude of Neanderthals at the Neanderthal summer barbecue, none of them struck your fancy. Without the element of choice, and in conjunction with captivity, you find love, or at least you find lust.”
“To be melancholy is to be self-haunted, and among the many reasons this is an unsatisfactory explanation for living inside a jam jar inside an aquarium, foremost among them is that there are no good stories to tell of your bleak time in a beautiful place, and no specter to blame for the fact that happiness, though it should have been inescapable, evaded you.”
“Set a good example. Want to fuck yourself so that others want to fuck you too.”
“I wanted to escape my head because my head is so stupid these days. I wanted to be inside someone else's head.”
“I used to be as scared of public speaking as I was of sharks. Every time I teach I get an endorphin high off the fact that I did not have a panic attack. I teach and swim in order to measure my improvement as a human. I am no longer terrified of quite so many things.”
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Book Keywords:
lust, choices, crushes
