I see old age not as something to hide from or dread (though there is much to oppose in the usual treatment of the old) but rather as something to embrace as the natural and inevitable end.
It's always difficult to write honestly of one's deepest feelings, particularly without the protective veil of fiction. But the more difficult, the m… - Alix Kates Shulman
It's always difficult to write honestly of one's deepest feelings, particularly without the protective veil of fiction. But the more difficult, the m…
- Alix Kates Shulman
One important part of historical recording is to get people of another generation to understand the feelings, the passion that went into social trans… - Alix Kates Shulman
One important part of historical recording is to get people of another generation to understand the feelings, the passion that went into social trans…
Solitude offers a lot that being coupled or being in a group does not. It helps us learn what we are capable of. - Alix Kates Shulman
Solitude offers a lot that being coupled or being in a group does not. It helps us learn what we are capable of.
My mirror image always had to be interpreted. And for that I sought my reflection in someone else's eyes. - Alix Kates Shulman
My mirror image always had to be interpreted. And for that I sought my reflection in someone else's eyes.
There is still nothing like equality for women in jobs, in family. There's just an awareness that inequality is not acceptable. - Alix Kates Shulman
There is still nothing like equality for women in jobs, in family. There's just an awareness that inequality is not acceptable.
Usually, ordinary histories don't get the emotional feel of a period. That's what a novel can do. - Alix Kates Shulman
Usually, ordinary histories don't get the emotional feel of a period. That's what a novel can do.
Sexism goes so deep that at first it's hard to see; you think it's just reality. - Alix Kates Shulman
Sexism goes so deep that at first it's hard to see; you think it's just reality.
Fiction is ideally suited to re-creating the important emotional aspects of history. - Alix Kates Shulman
Fiction is ideally suited to re-creating the important emotional aspects of history.
For many decades my relations with my parents constituted unfinished business. I had dealt with them through sheer avoidance and guilt. - Alix Kates Shulman
For many decades my relations with my parents constituted unfinished business. I had dealt with them through sheer avoidance and guilt.
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