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This quote is just one of 12 total Joan Didion quotes in our collection. Joan Didion is known for saying 'To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves--there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.' as well as some of the following quotes.
I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.
We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind's door at 4am of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends. We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.
This quote is just one of 12 total Joan Didion quotes in our collection. Joan Didion is known for saying 'To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves--there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.' as well as some of the following quotes.