Top 23 Quotes by Koren Zailckas

About Koren Zailckas

These are some quotes by American author Koren Zailckas Writer, who was born in 1980.

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

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

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

What makes a narcissistic mother so scary? Her absolute power and controlling influence. A narcissistic mother is your only 'friend,' at least until you're old enough to go to school.

What makes a narcissistic mother so scary? Her absolute power and controlling influence. A narcissistic mother is your only 'friend,' at least until you're old enough to go to school.

Koren Zailckas

I grew up in a family that despised displays of strong emotion, rage in particular. We stewed. We sulked. When arguments did occur, they were full-scale conniptions, and we regarded them as family failings. Afterward, we withdrew from one another and tried our best to strike the event from our memories.

Koren Zailckas

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

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

If mothers are our first teachers, then having a narcissistic one teaches us that human closeness is terrifying, and the world is a heartless, inconsistent place.

If mothers are our first teachers, then having a narcissistic one teaches us that human closeness is terrifying, and the world is a heartless, inconsistent place.

Koren Zailckas

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

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

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