Sometimes I read a biography of some tempestuous artist and find myself longing for fireworks! booze! bloody fights!; I do think that life must be so much more thrilling when you're actively miserable. Lauren Groff activelyartistbiography share on social
My childhood was as conventional as you could get. I think I probably created 'Arcadia' with a certain amount of wishful thinking. I would have loved to have more looseness and freedom and community. Lauren Groff amountarcadiachildhood Change image and share on social
The greatest texts, I think, first dazzle, then with careful rereading, they instruct. I have learned from Virginia Woolf more than I even know how to articulate. Lauren Groff articulatecarefuldazzle Change image and share on social
I see history as really cyclical in terms of the intense idealism and the desire to create a better life outside of societal norms. In America, possibly because of whatever the American dream is, this happens over and over again. These eras repeat. Lauren Groff americaamericancreate share on social
Total intimacy is a myth; that said, a particular kind of loneliness can be both beautiful and fruitful. Lauren Groff beautifulfruitfulintimacy Change image and share on social
Marriage seems to be predicated on protecting a very deep and intimate form of mystery. Lauren Groff deepformintimate Change image and share on social
As a person, I do ascribe to a lot of magical thinking myself. Lauren Groff ascribelotmagical Change image and share on social
We're all functions of our societies, right? And we all become who we are because of the invisible forces that mold us. Lauren Groff forcefunctioninvisible Change image and share on social
Sometimes immense things, like war and death and aging, are best seen from the corner of the eye and written of only obliquely, with tremendous lightness. Lauren Groff agingcornerdeath Change image and share on social
I once spent an entire night in a hotel in New York looking across the way into someone's apartment where nothing was happening but daily life, a phone call, television watching, staring into the fridge. Seeing how those strangers lived over that small distance and in absolute silence moved me deeply. Lauren Groff absoluteapartmentcall share on social