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Janet Fitch quotes: Oleander time, she said. Lovers who kill each other now will blame it on the wind. Oleander time, she said. Lovers who kill each other now will blame it on the wind.
Janet Fitch quotes: Most women experience issues of power and sexuality, but very few women talk about it. There's the threat of the loss of approval. Most women experience issues of power and sexuality, but very few women talk about it. There's the threat of the loss of approval.
Janet Fitch quotes: She was such a bad actress. she never said her lines rite, it was something perverse in her nature. and wat was her line anyway? She was such a bad actress. she never said her lines rite, it was something perverse in her nature. and wat was her line anyway?
Janet Fitch quotes: I felt like time was a great sea, and I was floating on the back of a turtle, and no sails broke the horizon. I felt like time was a great sea, and I was floating on the back of a turtle, and no sails broke the horizon.
Janet Fitch quotes: I send all my short fiction to 'Ontario Review' because Joyce Carol Oates is associate editor there, and I think she's fantastic. I send all my short fiction to 'Ontario Review' because Joyce Carol Oates is associate editor there, and I think she's fantastic.
Janet Fitch quotes: Her hatred glittered irresistibly. I could see it, the jewel, it was sapphire, it was the cold lakes of Norway. Her hatred glittered irresistibly. I could see it, the jewel, it was sapphire, it was the cold lakes of Norway.
Janet Fitch quotes: Nineteen is as alive as 40-plus. I can vividly remember 19 and how I saw the world. Nineteen is as alive as 40-plus. I can vividly remember 19 and how I saw the world.
Janet Fitch quotes: I felt beautiful but also interrupted. I wasn't used to being so complicated. I felt beautiful but also interrupted. I wasn't used to being so complicated.
Janet Fitch quotes: her magenta lips a wolf's stained smile. her magenta lips a wolf's stained smile.
Janet Fitch quotes: Love is temperamental. tiring. it makes demands. love uses you. changes its mind. Love is temperamental. tiring. it makes demands. love uses you. changes its mind.
Janet Fitch quotes: It's such a liability to love another person. It's such a liability to love another person.
Janet Fitch quotes: I've always been concerned with what happens to children in our society when there's nobody left to take care of them. I've always been concerned with what happens to children in our society when there's nobody left to take care of them.
Janet Fitch quotes: I despise places where you have to have an assigned seat. Makes me feel like I'm at the airport. I despise places where you have to have an assigned seat. Makes me feel like I'm at the airport.
Janet Fitch quotes: When you started thinking it was easy, you were forgetting what it cost. When you started thinking it was easy, you were forgetting what it cost.
Janet Fitch quotes: I always read poetry before I write, to sensitize me to the rhythms and music of language. I always read poetry before I write, to sensitize me to the rhythms and music of language.
Janet Fitch quotes: His guitar bore his longing up into the darkness like sparks, a music profound in its objectless desire, beautiful beyond solace or solution His guitar bore his longing up into the darkness like sparks, a music profound in its objectless desire, beautiful beyond solace or solution
Janet Fitch quotes: His hands, shedding actual tears. The silky cold dirt and sharp pebbles of the road His hands, shedding actual tears. The silky cold dirt and sharp pebbles of the road
Janet Fitch quotes: I learned, whatever you hung from my earlobes or out on my back, I was insoluble, like same in water. Stir me up, I always rest on the bottom I learned, whatever you hung from my earlobes or out on my back, I was insoluble, like same in water. Stir me up, I always rest on the bottom
Janet Fitch quotes: That was her edge. her secret weapon. she didnt give a shit. That was her edge. her secret weapon. she didnt give a shit.
Janet Fitch quotes: I closed my eyes to watch tiny dancers like jeweled birds cross the dark screen of my eyelids. I closed my eyes to watch tiny dancers like jeweled birds cross the dark screen of my eyelids.
Janet Fitch quotes: Loneliness was the human condition, I had to get used to it. Loneliness was the human condition, I had to get used to it.
Janet Fitch quotes: The moon rose, squatting in the strained blue. The moon rose, squatting in the strained blue.
Janet Fitch quotes: This is Zen", she said. "No flaw, no moment's hesitation. A window onto grace. This is Zen", she said. "No flaw, no moment's hesitation. A window onto grace.
Janet Fitch quotes: We were so mutable, fluid with fear and desire, ideals and angles, changeable as water. I We were so mutable, fluid with fear and desire, ideals and angles, changeable as water. I
Janet Fitch quotes: I never know how a novel is going to end, because you don't really know what's going to be at the bottom of a novel until you excavate it. I never know how a novel is going to end, because you don't really know what's going to be at the bottom of a novel until you excavate it.
Janet Fitch quotes: I thought clay must feel happy in the good potter's hand. I thought clay must feel happy in the good potter's hand.
Janet Fitch quotes: When anybody could tell, nobody was ever going to give fucking peace a chance. When anybody could tell, nobody was ever going to give fucking peace a chance.
Janet Fitch quotes: Death now or death later, that was the real question. Death now or death later, that was the real question.
Janet Fitch quotes: Women writers specifically ... are the ultimate outsiders. Women writers specifically ... are the ultimate outsiders.
Janet Fitch quotes: If only we could be back there right now, a soft rain falling, in the cabin, the woodstove. If only we could be back there right now, a soft rain falling, in the cabin, the woodstove.
Janet Fitch quotes: It's your flaws, not your strengths, that go down in the depths of your books. You're exposed, like dreaming you're naked in a public building. It's your flaws, not your strengths, that go down in the depths of your books. You're exposed, like dreaming you're naked in a public building.
Janet Fitch quotes: My heart felt like a balloon that was filling too full, and I panicked. I might get the bends, the way scuba divers did when they surfaced too fast. My heart felt like a balloon that was filling too full, and I panicked. I might get the bends, the way scuba divers did when they surfaced too fast.
Janet Fitch quotes: Claire smiled with relief that my mother had made the first move. She didn't understand the nature of poisons. My Claire smiled with relief that my mother had made the first move. She didn't understand the nature of poisons. My
Janet Fitch quotes: But I knew one more thing. That people w ho denied who they were or where they had been were in the greatest danger. But I knew one more thing. That people w ho denied who they were or where they had been were in the greatest danger.
Janet Fitch quotes: That beautiful girl, she was a universe, bearer of these words that rang like gongs, that tumbled like flutes made of human bones. That beautiful girl, she was a universe, bearer of these words that rang like gongs, that tumbled like flutes made of human bones.
Janet Fitch quotes: She shouldn't be allowed to walk around. She might hurt someone. She shouldn't be allowed to walk around. She might hurt someone.
Janet Fitch quotes: She was a beautiful woman dragging a crippled foot and I was that foot. I was bricks sewn into the hem of her clothes, I was a steel dress She was a beautiful woman dragging a crippled foot and I was that foot. I was bricks sewn into the hem of her clothes, I was a steel dress
Janet Fitch quotes: In stages, that's how. First you let go of the things you loved. In stages, that's how. First you let go of the things you loved.
Janet Fitch quotes: To dare to see is to steal fire from the Gods. This is mankind's destiny, the engine which fuels us as a race.Three cheers for Eve. To dare to see is to steal fire from the Gods. This is mankind's destiny, the engine which fuels us as a race.
Three cheers for Eve.
Janet Fitch quotes: Now it seemed unbelievable, the innocence of a girl in a fairy tale. Now it seemed unbelievable, the innocence of a girl in a fairy tale.
Janet Fitch quotes: I emitted some civetlike female stink, a distinct perfume of sexual wanting, that he had followed to find me here in the dark. I emitted some civetlike female stink, a distinct perfume of sexual wanting, that he had followed to find me here in the dark.
Janet Fitch quotes: Depression, suffering and anger are all part of being human. Depression, suffering and anger are all part of being human.
Janet Fitch quotes: He had loved her, but he hated himself more. He had loved her, but he hated himself more.
Janet Fitch quotes: That was how you did it. You let go, you left all that behind, you refused to remember. You let the dark in. That was how you did it. You let go, you left all that behind, you refused to remember. You let the dark in.
Janet Fitch quotes: She should think about her own soul, what she was going to do with this funky tattered pond dank item. Dark and stained, a ruined thing. She should think about her own soul, what she was going to do with this funky tattered pond dank item. Dark and stained, a ruined thing.
Janet Fitch quotes: She was a woman for whom a man would buy a diamond ring or a new car, just to cheer her up. She was a woman for whom a man would buy a diamond ring or a new car, just to cheer her up.
Janet Fitch quotes: I felt just the way Billie Holiday sounded, like I'd cried all I could and it wasn't enough. I felt just the way Billie Holiday sounded, like I'd cried all I could and it wasn't enough.
Janet Fitch quotes: I've been depressed many times in my life. But under it all I'm an optimist. I've been depressed many times in my life. But under it all I'm an optimist.
Janet Fitch quotes: He could see the flames in my hair, he knew my lips would scorch him. He could see the flames in my hair, he knew my lips would scorch him.
Janet Fitch quotes: What can I say about life? Do I praise it for letting you live, or damn it for allowing the rest? What can I say about life? Do I praise it for letting you live, or damn it for allowing the rest?
Janet Fitch quotes: My perfect day would be to go on a picnic up Mt. Wilson with Christopher Isherwood, Greta Garbo, Aldous Huxley, and Bertrand Russell. My perfect day would be to go on a picnic up Mt. Wilson with Christopher Isherwood, Greta Garbo, Aldous Huxley, and Bertrand Russell.
Janet Fitch quotes: It's all I ever really wanted, that revelation. The possibility of fixed stars. It's all I ever really wanted, that revelation. The possibility of fixed stars.
Janet Fitch quotes: A cliche is everything you've ever heard of. A cliche is everything you've ever heard of.
Janet Fitch quotes: The word rattled in my head like rocks in an oatmeal box. The word rattled in my head like rocks in an oatmeal box.
Janet Fitch quotes: Love could never bloom in a concrete block room. Love could never bloom in a concrete block room.
Janet Fitch quotes: All that was a dream, you couldn't hold on, you couldn't depend on frosted glass and Debussy. All that was a dream, you couldn't hold on, you couldn't depend on frosted glass and Debussy.
Janet Fitch quotes: My mother had been a solitary chef. It was her recreation and her escape. My mother had been a solitary chef. It was her recreation and her escape.
Janet Fitch quotes: We stared out at the city that hummed and glittered like a computer chip deep in some unknowable machine, holding its secret like a poker hand We stared out at the city that hummed and glittered like a computer chip deep in some unknowable machine, holding its secret like a poker hand
Janet Fitch quotes: You were my home, Mother. I had no home but you You were my home, Mother. I had no home but you
Janet Fitch quotes: If sinners where so unhappy, why would they prefer their suffering?But now I knew why. Without my wounds, who was I? If sinners where so unhappy, why would they prefer their suffering?
But now I knew why. Without my wounds, who was I?
Janet Fitch quotes: She would buy magic every day of the week. Love me, that face said. I'm so lonely, so desperate. I'll give you whatever you want. She would buy magic every day of the week. Love me, that face said. I'm so lonely, so desperate. I'll give you whatever you want.
Janet Fitch quotes: Most people use twenty verbs to describe everything from a run in their stocking to the explosion of an atomic bomb. Most people use twenty verbs to describe everything from a run in their stocking to the explosion of an atomic bomb.
Janet Fitch quotes: My house is modern, but I like my writing room to be old fashioned. I write on a little wooden secretary desk. My house is modern, but I like my writing room to be old fashioned. I write on a little wooden secretary desk.
Janet Fitch quotes: The elegance of a really good screenplay, I admire it. I can't do it. The elegance of a really good screenplay, I admire it. I can't do it.
Janet Fitch quotes: Honey, this is what happens when you fall in love. You're looking at a natural disaster. Honey, this is what happens when you fall in love. You're looking at a natural disaster.
Janet Fitch quotes: And window, put the plastic Frosty the Snowman on the blacktop, wired up the And window, put the plastic Frosty the Snowman on the blacktop, wired up the
Janet Fitch quotes: Other boys were happy enough to enjoy the show, they just wanted to be entertained in the body's shadow theater. Other boys were happy enough to enjoy the show, they just wanted to be entertained in the body's shadow theater.
Janet Fitch quotes: What happened to a dream without a dreamer? What happened to a dream without a dreamer?
Janet Fitch quotes: Don't tell me how you hate your new foster home. If they're not beating you, consider yourself lucky. Don't tell me how you hate your new foster home. If they're not beating you, consider yourself lucky.
Janet Fitch quotes: They say time heals all wounds but they're lying They say time heals all wounds but they're lying
Janet Fitch quotes: There is no God, there is only what you want. There is no God, there is only what you want.
Janet Fitch quotes: I'm a fish swimming by Ray. Catch me if you want me. I'm a fish swimming by Ray. Catch me if you want me.
Janet Fitch quotes: Things touched Claire. Maybe too much, but at least they touched her. She couldn't twist things around in her mind, make the ends come out right. Things touched Claire. Maybe too much, but at least they touched her. She couldn't twist things around in her mind, make the ends come out right.
Janet Fitch quotes: She's never where she is,' I said. 'She's only inside her head. She's never where she is,' I said. 'She's only inside her head.
Janet Fitch quotes: Find someone who will tremble for your touch, someone whose fingers are a poem. Find someone who will tremble for your touch, someone whose fingers are a poem.
Janet Fitch quotes: How can I shed tears for a man I should never have allowed to touch me in any way? How can I shed tears for a man I should never have allowed to touch me in any way?
Janet Fitch quotes: He reminded me of someone who put your fingers in the door and smiled and talked to you while he smashed them. He reminded me of someone who put your fingers in the door and smiled and talked to you while he smashed them.
Janet Fitch quotes: This was the wonderful thing about strangers. they were big blank pieces of paper, you could draw watever you like on their impresionable surfaces This was the wonderful thing about strangers. they were big blank pieces of paper, you could draw watever you like on their impresionable surfaces
Janet Fitch quotes: She was my life raft, my turtle. She was my life raft, my turtle.
Janet Fitch quotes: Mainly, it was the sense of order, vision retained over time, that brought me to my knees. Mainly, it was the sense of order, vision retained over time, that brought me to my knees.
Janet Fitch quotes: Worth. He made you feel worthwhile. That was his gift. Worth. He made you feel worthwhile. That was his gift.
Janet Fitch quotes: Dawn tinted the darkness like water ink. Dawn tinted the darkness like water ink.
Janet Fitch quotes: They say drugs are not the answer, but really, what is the question? They say drugs are not the answer, but really, what is the question?
Janet Fitch quotes: A book's flaws make it less predictable. A book's flaws make it less predictable.
Janet Fitch quotes: Once the worst had happened to you, all the rest was just stuff and absence. Once the worst had happened to you, all the rest was just stuff and absence.
Janet Fitch quotes: Life should always be like this ... Like lingering over a good meal. Life should always be like this ... Like lingering over a good meal.
Janet Fitch quotes: I wished I could draw the way her broad-shouldered body threw a shadow on the moonpale dust. How brave she looked just then. I wished I could draw the way her broad-shouldered body threw a shadow on the moonpale dust. How brave she looked just then.
Janet Fitch quotes: Michael used to draw self-portraits with nightmares hidden in his curls. Michael used to draw self-portraits with nightmares hidden in his curls.
Janet Fitch quotes: How did I get so lost? Mother, How did I get so lost? Mother,
Janet Fitch quotes: Only peons made excusses for themselves she taught me. Never apologize, never explain. Only peons made excusses for themselves she taught me. Never apologize, never explain.
Janet Fitch quotes: To them, pain was a country they had heard of, maybe watched a show about on TV, but one whose stamp had not yet been made in their passports. To them, pain was a country they had heard of, maybe watched a show about on TV, but one whose stamp had not yet been made in their passports.
Janet Fitch quotes: She was tired, her nerves stripped like wires, the red and white. She felt like a saint with the arrows shit through, she was bleeding to death. She was tired, her nerves stripped like wires, the red and white. She felt like a saint with the arrows shit through, she was bleeding to death.
Janet Fitch quotes: People losing each other, their hands slipping loose in a crowd. People losing each other, their hands slipping loose in a crowd.
Janet Fitch quotes: Despair wasn't a guest, you didn't play its favorite music, find it a comfortable chair. Despair was the enemy. It Despair wasn't a guest, you didn't play its favorite music, find it a comfortable chair. Despair was the enemy. It
Janet Fitch quotes: She was not used to being cruel, but he had taught her how. She was not used to being cruel, but he had taught her how.
Janet Fitch quotes: I tried writing fiction as a little kid, but had a teacher humiliate me, so didn't write again until I was a senior in college. I tried writing fiction as a little kid, but had a teacher humiliate me, so didn't write again until I was a senior in college.
Janet Fitch quotes: purification in fire. public cremation purification in fire. public cremation
Janet Fitch quotes: It was a shrine. Josie hadn't thought to do that. She had no shrine, no candles. She only knew how to kill the thing she loved It was a shrine. Josie hadn't thought to do that. She had no shrine, no candles. She only knew how to kill the thing she loved
Janet Fitch quotes: Never apologize, never explain. Never apologize, never explain.
Janet Fitch quotes: Beauty said there was something more than just one fucking thing after another. Time could rest for a moment, stop all that senseless motion. Beauty said there was something more than just one fucking thing after another. Time could rest for a moment, stop all that senseless motion.

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