Nobody writes like Nabokov; nobody ever will. What I would give to write one sentence like Vladimir! Amity Gaige givenabokovsentence Change image and share on social
I do think, in general, children are so perceptive, and they watch and they get so much, and that's wonderful. And it's also difficult for them because they see so much, but they don't understand. Amity Gaige childdifficultgeneral Change image and share on social
I think a writer is a describer. She describes society and human nature as she sees it. She has to be both typical of that society and alone within it. Amity Gaige describedescriberhuman Change image and share on social
To me, self-esteem is not self-love. It is self-acknowledgment, as in recognizing and accepting who you are. Amity Gaige acceptacknowledgmentesteem Change image and share on social
If you could literally 'rid' yourself of your problems by voicing them, I'd be all for it. But since that isn't so, why not reserve the spoken word for functional interactions and witticisms, if not declarations of love? Amity Gaige declarationfunctionalinteraction share on social
I wanted - and still want - to tell my mother's story. She fled Stalin's army in 1944, leaving Latvia, which was to be occupied by the Soviets for the next 50 years, and arrived to the U.S. when she was 11. Amity Gaige armyarriveflee share on social
For several years before I began 'The Folded World,' I worked at an urban college campus and had a job in a tutoring center, and people would come into the tutoring center, and for some reason, they just kept telling me their life stories. Amity Gaige begincampuscenter share on social
