Siri Hustvedt
American novelist and essayist
Lived from: 1955 -
Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: 
United States
Born: 19 february 1955
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Memory changes as a person matures.
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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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Every painting is always two paintings: The one you see, and the one you remember.
Mysteries of the Rectangle: Essays on Painting (2006) 12― Siri Hustvedt -
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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Memory is essential to who we are, and memories can be both implicit and explicit - unconscious and conscious.
The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves (2010) 38― Siri Hustvedt -
Widowers marry again because it makes their lives easier. Widows often don't, because it makes their lives harder.
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Writing fiction is like remembering what never happened.
A Plea for Eros (2007) 41― Siri Hustvedt
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