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I've never thought there was anything I could hope to get by praying for it.

Julianna Baggott

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Julianna Baggott
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 30
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
University Teacher
Writer
Wilmington
Delaware
Praying
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Anything
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I'm a writer of faith. I was raised Catholic, and I have a deeply Catholic imagination.
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While I was in college becoming a good Catholic I was also becoming a writer - one haunted by Catholicism.
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If I'd learned nothing else, it was this: If you want to be a great writer, be a man. If you can't be a man, write like one.
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I'm a writer of faith who worries about the intolerance of religion. I look at the past and fear we haven't learned from it. I believe that humanity is capable of evil as well as great acts of courage and goodness. I have hope. Deep down, I believe in the human spirit, although sometimes that belief is shaken.
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Love is selfless, it is a weakness, a giving in, a constant falling.
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I am deeply Catholic and always will be, but I'm no longer a member of the church. I left in 2003 because of the sex abuse scandal.
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I believe that one of the most damning things about our culture is the adage to never talk religion and politics. Because we don't model this discourse at the dinner table and at Thanksgiving, we don't know how to do it well and we're not teaching our children about the world and about how to discuss it.
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I want women writers to write boldly, wildly, deeply. I want them to feel really liberated to tell the brutal truth, however they see that truth and are moved to tell it.
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I prefer a cluttered workspace.
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The intricacy of plotting a thriller is akin to writing formal poetry.
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A good novel doesn't just transcend the boundaries of its target market - it knows nothing about target markets.
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I don't have a favorite. I need different genres at different times.
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I've left the Church - for many reasons that I've written about publicly - but it's still a large part of my identity, and I still have my faith, if not my Church.
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I prefer true over happy now.
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Weakness, like not being able to bury the past. Weakness, like not giving up hope when you know you should.
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I'm a woman, but I've been a sexist, too.
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