For years, I ate the same foods every day, in exactly the same manner, at exactly the same times. Caroline Knapp dayeatfood Change image and share on social
Women are actually superb at math; they just happen to engage in their own variety of it, an intricate personal math in which desires are split off from one another, weighed, balance, traded, assessed. Caroline Knapp assessbalancedesire share on social
Surely, it's one of terrorism's intended effects, to literally stun our morale, to blow up strength and will along with buildings, and the reaction is hard to counter. Caroline Knapp blowbuildingcounter Change image and share on social
I go to a restaurant with a group of women and pray that we can order lunch without falling into the semi-covert business of collective monitoring, in which levels of intake and restraint are aired, compared, noticed: 'What are you getting? Is that all you're having? A salad? Oh, please.' Caroline Knapp airbusinesscollective share on social
The hard things in life, the things you really learn from, happen with a clear mind. Caroline Knapp clearhappenhard Change image and share on social
Tiny slices, no frosting, forty-five minutes on the StairMaster: These are the conditions, variations on a theme of vigilance and self-restraint that I've watched women dance to all my life, that I've danced to myself instinctively and still have to work to resist. Caroline Knapp conditiondanceforty share on social
A lot of people, quite frankly, think intense attachments to animals are weird and suspect, the domain of people who can't quite handle attachments to humans. Caroline Knapp animalattachmentdomain Change image and share on social
Dogs have such short life spans, it's like a concentrated version of a human life. When they get older, they become much more like our mothers. They wait for us, watch out for us, are completely fascinated by everything we do. Caroline Knapp completelyconcentratedog share on social
Why do I find the fantasy - husband, family, kids - exhausting instead of alluring? Is there something wrong with me? Do I have a life? Caroline Knapp allureexhaustfamily Change image and share on social
Fall in love with a dog, and in many ways you enter a new orbit, a universe that features not just new colors but new rituals, new rules, a new way of experiencing attachment. Caroline Knapp attachmentcolordog Change image and share on social