Joan Didion Quotes About Giving

Quotes about: Giving

• To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.

  Joan Didion

  Respect, Lying, Self

  Joan Didion (2013). “Slouching Towards Bethlehem”, p.108, Zola Books

• To assign unanswered letters their proper weight, to free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves--there lies the great, the singular power of self-respect. Without it, one eventually discovers the final turn of the screw: one runs away to find oneself, and finds no one at home.

  Joan Didion

  Running, Lying, Home

  FaceBook post by Joan Didion from Jul 14, 2011

• I have an investment in not being crazy. I have a real investment in seeing things straight. This runs counter to that investment, so it required giving up an idea of myself, the idea being that I had control.

  Joan Didion

  Running, Giving Up, Crazy

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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