I don't go to church any more, but I think that Catholicism is rather like the brand they use on cattle: I feel so formed in that Catholic mould that I don't think I could adopt any other form of spirituality. I still get feelings of consolation about churches. Rachel Cusk adoptbrandcatholic share on social
An eating disorder epidemic suggests that love and disgust are being jointly marketed, as it were; that wherever the proposition might first have come from, the unacceptability of the female body has been disseminated culturally. Rachel Cusk bodyculturallydisgust share on social
Modern morality is all about perception. Rachel Cusk modernmoralityperception Change image and share on social
The true self seeks release, not constraint. It doesn't want to be corseted in a sonnet or made to learn a system of musical notations. It wants liberation, which is why very often it fastens on the novel, for the novel seems spacious, undefined, free. Rachel Cusk constraintcorsetefasten share on social
The woman who has her being in marriage and motherhood has become part of antithetical reality, revoking property from the woman who remains in a condition of intangible femininity. Rachel Cusk antitheticalconditionfemininity Change image and share on social
I'm particularly drawn to actors in their own little drama. I find it's that area I'm very alive to. And I don't encounter it that often. You have to be far from civilization, you have to be far from New York or London to find people who do that. Rachel Cusk actoralivearea share on social
Hope is one of those no-win-no-fee things, and although it needs some encouragement to survive, its existence doesn't necessarily prove anything. Rachel Cusk encouragementexistencefee Change image and share on social
I remain fascinated by where you go as a woman once you are a mother, and if you ever come back. Rachel Cusk backfascinatemother Change image and share on social
I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life. Rachel Cusk abilityabroadaware share on social
A feminist man is a bit like a vegetarian: it's the humanitarian principle he's defending, I suppose. Rachel Cusk bitedefendfeminist Change image and share on social