Quote by Joan Didion
Im not sure I have the physical strength to undertake a novel. - J

Im not sure I have the physical strength to undertake a novel. – Joan Didion

Other quotes by Joan Didion

A pool is, for many of us in the West, a symbol not of affluence but of order, of control over the uncontrollable. A pool is water, made available and useful, and is, as such, infinitely soothing to the western eye. – Joan Didion

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Water
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Writing fiction is for me a fraught business, an occasion of daily dread for at least the first half of the novel, and sometimes all the way through. The work process is totally different from writing nonfiction. You have to sit down every day and make it up. – Joan Didion

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Business
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To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves – there lies the great, singular power of self-respect. – Joan Didion

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strength
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A soft answer turneth away wrath. – Proverb

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strength

Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars. – Brian Tracy

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strength

So much research has been done showing that the woman is the most vulnerable but also the biggest strength leading to economic progress. – Sri Mulyani Indrawati

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strength

If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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strength

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