Quote by Ayelet Waldman
As a novelist, I mined my history, my family and my memory, but in

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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Well, you know, I was raised by a 1970s feminist. My mom had a consciousness-raising group. I used to sit at the top of the stairs and listen to them. – Ayelet Waldman

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mom
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Is Valentines Day a day to make cupcakes with your children? No, Valentines is supposed to be a day about romantic love. – Ayelet Waldman

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Romantic
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One of the darkest, deepest shames so many of us mothers feel nowadays is our fear that we are Bad Mothers, that we are failing our children and falling far short of our own ideals. – Ayelet Waldman

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We believed in our idea – a family park where parents and children could have fun- together. – Walt Disney

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Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops. – Cary Grant

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I now have two different audiences. Theres the one that has been watching my action films for 20 years, and the American family audience. American jokes, less fighting. – Jackie Chan

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Catholic school graduates exhibit a wide variety of qualities that will not only help them in their careers but also in their family and community lives. – Joe Baca

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It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see apes mischievous, wolves savage, or the vulture ravenous. – Jean-Paul Sartre

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With failure, you just try again. – Judd Nelson

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We show deference to the civil authorities when they respect the divine origin of their power and when they serve the people with objective reference to the law of God. – Angelo Scola

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You can change friends but not neighbours. – Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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