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Great books are the ones that are urgent, life-changing, the ones that crack open the reader’s skull and heart.
Siri Hustvedt
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Siri Hustvedt
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: February 19
Essayist
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Northfield
Minnesota
Premio princesa de Asturias 2019
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Every painting is always two paintings: The one you see, and the one you remember.
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Bedtime rituals for children ease the way to the elsewhere of slumber - teeth brushing and pajamas, the voice of a parent reading, the feel and smell of the old blanket or toy, the nightlight glowing in a corner.
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Many writers over the centuries simply do not have the reputations they deserve because they were female, and that is an act of suppression.
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Depression is when you think there's nothing to be done. Fortunately I always think there's something to be done.
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