Quote by Ayelet Waldman
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I was a lesbian for a semester at Wesleyan – it was a graduation requirement. – Ayelet Waldman

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As a novelist, I mined my history, my family and my memory, but in a very specific way. Writing fiction, I never made use of experiences immediately as they happened. I needed to let things fester in my memory, mature and transmogrify into something meaningful. – Ayelet Waldman

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Family
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Look, if you ask a child, Would you rather have a fulfilled mother or a stay-at-home Sylvia Plath, theyll pick Sylvia Plath every time. But I think its really important that children dont feel their parents emotional lives depend on their success. – Ayelet Waldman

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There are times as a parent when you realize that your job is not to be the parent you always imagined youd be, the parent you always wished you had. Your job is to be the parent your child needs, given the particulars of his or her own life and nature. – Ayelet Waldman

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I went to military college in Canada and graduated as an officer in the Navy but also as an engineer. – Marc Garneau

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Graduation is only a concept. In real life every day you graduate. Graduation is a process that goes on until the last day of your life. If you can grasp that, you’ll make a difference. – Arie Pencovici

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When I graduated from Santa Monica High in 1927, I was voted the girl most likely to succeed. I didnt realize it would take so long. – Gloria Stuart

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Keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final. – Roger Babson

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