List of Heidi Julavits Quotes

The Dreamed Outcome Of Launching A Psychic Attack Can Make You Feel Small And Petty. I Think For That Reason I'm Going To Refrain From Launching Any.

I Have A Daughter Who, When Younger, Possessed No Barrier Between Her Emotional Self And The Outside World. Her Emotional Insides Spilled Out All Over, And, Especially When I Was Sleep-deprived And Probably A Little Paranoid, This Really Threatened Me. It Was As If She Were Embodying And Expressing The Insecurities And Freaked-outedness I Never Express, And Which I've Learned Over The Years To Keep Hidden.

I Developed A Crazy Face Rash After I Got Engaged To A Guy I Must Have Known Somewhere I Should Not Marry. I Hadn't Articulated This To Myself, So My Face Told The World Instead.

Maybe The Body Is Taking Responsibility Where The Mind Is Not. It's Scrapbooking For Us.

I Love This Idea Of The Body As A Trauma Archive!

If You Agree With An Outside Person's Interpretation Of You, That's A Happy Bit Of Affirmation. It Means You're Communicating Externally What You Believe To Be True Internally. If You Disagree, It Helps Clarify How You Understand Yourself. And Maybe Makes You Productively Question How To Improve Your Communication Skills.

I Always Think It's Useful To Get An Outside Opinion.

I Really Did For A Few Weeks Think, I'm In Pain Because The World Needs Me To Save It. Which Is So Ridiculous And Egotistical.

A Friend Of Mine Urged Me To See My Pain As An Opportunity. And Since The Same Psychic That Contacted Dion Fortune Had Told Me That I Was A "teacher" - She Didn't Mean At Columbia, She Meant In The Spiritual Sense - I Decided My Affliction Was The Universe Telling Me That It Was Time To Stop Writing Fiction And Become The Spiritual Guru I Was Clearly Meant To Be.

I Don't Think Women Are, By Definition, Toxic To One Another. I Think Women Are Simultaneously Competitive Toward And Idolatrous Of Each Other. I Thrive On That Challenge And That Desire.

I Wish Somebody Knew Whether Or Not I'm Jewish.

When My Husband First Read A Draft, He Said, "you Spend Too Much Time Describing The Characters' Outfits." He Was Right. I Removed Much Of The Clothes Talk, But Quite A Bit Remained.