Marguerite Young

A good writer cannot avoid having social consciousness. I don't mean this about small pieces of writing, but about a big book. If it's a big book, there has to be more than one undertow. ↗

— Marguerite Young

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A lawyer I once knew told me of a strange case, a suffragette who had never married. After her death, he opened her trunk and discovered 50 wedding gowns. ↗

— Marguerite Young

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All creatures are flawed, but out of the flaw may come the universe. ↗

— Marguerite Young

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All the books I have written have been one book, from the beginning. ↗

— Marguerite Young

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At the age of 18 all young poets are sure they will be dead at 21 - of old age. ↗

— Marguerite Young

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Dreiser... I love... and almost wouldn't speak to anyone who ever attacked him. ↗

— Marguerite Young

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I believe that all my work explores the human desire or obsession for utopias, and the structure of all my works is the search for utopias lost and rediscovered. ↗

— Marguerite Young

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I don't believe there can be a poetic novel without political consciousness. I have a strong political conscience. ↗

— Marguerite Young

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I knew Anais Nin, who called me after I had been away for a few years. She was seeking help because at that time no one would give her a decent review. She was made fun of. ↗

— Marguerite Young

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If you understand hallucination and illusion, you don't blindly follow any leader. You must know if the person is sane or insane, over the abyss. ↗

— Marguerite Young

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