#l

I'm not cut out to be a famous person; I can't do my hair and makeup well enough. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#enough #famous #famous person #hair #i

Regardless of the advertising campaigns may tell us, we can't have it all. Sacrifice is not an option, or an anachronism; it's a fact of life. We all cut off our own limbs to burn on some altar. The crucial thing is to choose an altar that's worth it and a limb you can accept losing. To go consenting to the sacrifice. ↗

— Tana French

#life

I've always been interested in the economics of reproduction, who gets what they want when it comes to childbearing and how these days, money is a tremendous advantage. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#always #been #comes #days #economics

If you write thrillers or mysteries or horror fiction or quote-unquote speculative fiction, men might read you, and the 'Times' might notice you. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#horror #men #might #mysteries #notice

Instead of hoping that some day the boys' club will open its doors, we can form our own clubs, define 'worthy' our own way, and celebrate the books and voices that we decide deserve celebration. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#celebrate #celebration #club #clubs #day

Thus, the Archivist must display at all times scrupulous independence and a devotion to the laws and principles which govern the responsibilities of the office. ↗

— Allen Weinstein

#devotion #display #govern #independence #laws

Money is a tremendous advantage in just about everything, but in terms of reproduction, if you're a poor woman and you are infertile, it's like too bad, so sad. And if you are a wealthy woman, you can kind of buy whatever you want. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#advantage #bad #buy #everything #just

My book sales make 'real writers' possible. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#make #possible #real #sales #writers

People are always coming up to me with my books and saying, 'You write these things I think but I could never say.' ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#books #coming #could #i #i think

People say I'm not good at writing about men. My dad left when I was 16. Give me a break. I'm doing the best I can. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#best #break #dad #doing #give