I think marriage and family keeps being written about because that's where we keep our reputations with ourselves - I mean, we can't quite slip the truths we reveal about ourselves at home. Amity Gaige familyhomemarriage Change image and 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
As separate people, we are weak, but we could be a peaceful, powerful nation. Amity Gaige nationpeacefulpeople Change image and share on social
It's dangerous to accept crisis as your baseline. It gets harder and harder to see the anti-crises that are so requisite to happiness: the quiet times, the crucial pauses - like those in a poem. Amity Gaige acceptantibaseline Change image and share on social
Reading while I'm writing ideally inspires my competitive side. When I read great writers, I want to be a better writer. Amity Gaige competitivegreatideally Change image and share on social
Self-esteem comes quietly, like the truth. Amity Gaige esteemquietlytruth Change image and share on social
Reading 'Blood Will Out,' one begins to understand how so many people were duped by Clark Rockefeller. All the imposter needs is some kind of initial agreement that he is who he says he is; thereafter, consensus builds via a network of human relationships. Amity Gaige agreementbeginblood share on social
In the name of 'mutual assistance,' the Soviet Union would occupy Latvia until 1991, and it continues to occupy Latvia: in the obedient, epic lines at the post office, in the fug of coal smoke outside cities, in the notorious apartment buildings made of bricks of radioactive compressed ash. Amity Gaige apartmentashassistance share on social
Don't let anyone tell you there's only one way to write. Amity Gaige write Change image and share on social
I loved Madeleine L'Engle as a child - 'A Wrinkle in Time.' Amity Gaige childenglelove Change image and share on social