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Koren Zailckas quotes: I have been a ballerina, a cheerleader and a sorority girl. I was the girliest girl alive.

I have been a ballerina, a cheerleader and a sorority girl. I was the girliest girl alive.

Koren Zailckas quotes: I once heard someone say that the concept of moderation seems a little extreme, and tonight ... I agree.

I once heard someone say that the concept of moderation seems a little extreme, and tonight ... I agree.

Koren Zailckas quotes: I've been thinking I'd like to be Daisy; I'd like to have someone like Gatsby stare at my house for whole years and never stop dreaming of me

I've been thinking I'd like to be Daisy; I'd like to have someone like Gatsby stare at my house for whole years and never stop dreaming of me

Koren Zailckas quotes: Having a child doesn't make a woman a mother any more than owning a paintbrush makes her Frida Kahlo.

Having a child doesn't make a woman a mother any more than owning a paintbrush makes her Frida Kahlo.

Koren Zailckas quotes: I do think anger is so difficult for women. Girls think it undermines their femininity; it's not very ladylike.

I do think anger is so difficult for women. Girls think it undermines their femininity; it's not very ladylike.

Koren Zailckas quotes: I think when you're 14 years old, I think you're sort of looking for markers that prove you're an adult and you're independent of your parents.

I think when you're 14 years old, I think you're sort of looking for markers that prove you're an adult and you're independent of your parents.

Koren Zailckas quotes: Violet remembered that slap; later her mother had called it a "love tap," as if to further confuse love with pain.

Violet remembered that slap; later her mother had called it a "love tap," as if to further confuse love with pain.

Koren Zailckas quotes: I think, for one, we have to really accept that anger is a normal human emotion that can be a positive force for change.

I think, for one, we have to really accept that anger is a normal human emotion that can be a positive force for change.

Koren Zailckas quotes: I think statistics go in one ear and out the other. All of us respond to stories more than numbers.

I think statistics go in one ear and out the other. All of us respond to stories more than numbers.

Koren Zailckas quotes: Crushes weren't a precursor to love, they were a precursor to having your heart chewed up like Shark Week.

Crushes weren't a precursor to love, they were a precursor to having your heart chewed up like Shark Week.

Koren Zailckas quotes: Why is it so hard to say good-bye to something even when you know it's a slow-growing cancer?

Why is it so hard to say good-bye to something even when you know it's a slow-growing cancer?

Koren Zailckas quotes: Like most women, I remember my first drink in tender minutiae.

Like most women, I remember my first drink in tender minutiae.

Koren Zailckas quotes: When you are writing a memoir, you have the advantage of knowing how it all ends. It's just taking your life apart and putting it together again.

When you are writing a memoir, you have the advantage of knowing how it all ends. It's just taking your life apart and putting it together again.

Koren Zailckas quotes: Since I've quit drinking, I'm not sure I've found the good life, but I've certainly uncovered a better one.

Since I've quit drinking, I'm not sure I've found the good life, but I've certainly uncovered a better one.

Koren Zailckas quotes: But in college, we can wear our alcohol abuse as proudly as our university sweatshirts; the two concepts are virtually synonymous.

But in college, we can wear our alcohol abuse as proudly as our university sweatshirts; the two concepts are virtually synonymous.

Koren Zailckas quotes: So apparently all homeschooled kids spoke like pretentious liberal arts college students.

So apparently all homeschooled kids spoke like pretentious liberal arts college students.

Koren Zailckas quotes: My short stature may have something to do with my tendency to shout when enraged. How else is anyone going to hear me way down here?

My short stature may have something to do with my tendency to shout when enraged. How else is anyone going to hear me way down here?

Koren Zailckas quotes: It's meant I will act like less of an asshole, but feel much more like one.

It's meant I will act like less of an asshole, but feel much more like one.

Koren Zailckas quotes: America, ever the narcissistic mother, prefers baby bumps to children and expectant mothers to full-fledged bum-and-nose-wiping ones.

America, ever the narcissistic mother, prefers baby bumps to children and expectant mothers to full-fledged bum-and-nose-wiping ones.

Koren Zailckas quotes: It's no wonder the narcissistic mother will always have a place in literature: she's a freak of nature.

It's no wonder the narcissistic mother will always have a place in literature: she's a freak of nature.

Koren Zailckas quotes: I'm trying to figure out precisely which character flaw might be responsible for my latest life failure.

I'm trying to figure out precisely which character flaw might be responsible for my latest life failure.