Phrase by 'Mary Gaitskill'
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The appeal of perfume is that it is at once ephemeral and empowering. It creates a shimmering invisible armor that lingers in a room long after its wearer has gone and infuses our imagination with a subtle power, hinting at a hidden identity.
Author: Mary Gaitskill - American NovelistLong , Identity , Power , Imagination
What is faithfulness, anyway? Can you be unfaithful to your own feelings and faithful to someone else? Is it faithful to lie in bed night after night with someone you love but no longer desire while ardently dreaming of someone else?
Author: Mary Gaitskill - American NovelistLove , You , Lie , Night
Stories mimic life like certain insects mimic leaves and twigs.
Author: Mary Gaitskill - American NovelistLife , Like , Stories , Insects
People sometimes turn out to be almost the opposite of how they present. It isn't because they're trying to fool you or because they're hypocrites. It's because they badly want to be that thing, and so they'll try to be it.
Author: Mary Gaitskill - American NovelistYou , Sometimes , People , Fool
My first and strongest memories about perfume come from childhood, from my mother, and they are a complex blend of her private and public selves.
Author: Mary Gaitskill - American NovelistPerfume , Memories , Mother , Childhood
Stories are the rich, unseen underlayer of the most ordinary moments.
Author: Mary Gaitskill - American NovelistMost , Moments , Rich , Ordinary
I didn't start thinking about what I wanted to do professionally until I was 17. I was a hippie, but I did write.
Author: Mary Gaitskill - American NovelistStart , About , Thinking , Write
I think that with the proliferation of writing programs, people tend to forget that you also have to get used to working alone, and you have to be your own support.
Author: Mary Gaitskill - American NovelistYou , People , Support , Alone
The hard truth is that there are people who believe they're writers and work hard at it and are sincere about it, but they don't make it. You have to be prepared for that possibility.
Author: Mary Gaitskill - American NovelistYou , People , Work , Truth
When I was writing 'Bad Behavior,' I was very, very quiet. I would just sit there and listen to people. And if I was out in public, I was usually quiet, and people tended to assume I was stupid because I was a young, pretty girl who's quiet.
Author: Mary Gaitskill - American NovelistPeople , Stupid , Behavior , Girl
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