I've always thought of wholeness and integration as necessary myths. We're gragmented beings who cement ourselves together, but … - Siri Hustvedt

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The president [Barack Obama] did introduce a jobs bill that could not clear Congress. The Republicans simply would not work with him.

Siri Hustvedt

I've always thought of wholeness and integration as necessary myths. We're gragmented beings who cement ourselves together, but there are always cracks. Living with the cracks is part of being, well, reasonably healthy.

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There is this assumption that much of what I write is about my life, and that simply is not true.

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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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Memory is essential to who we are, and memories can be both implicit and explicit - unconscious and conscious.

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The old story is true:Women have to be less emotional than men.

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That night as I lay in bed, I thought of several things I could have said and mourned the fact that my wit usually bloomed late, peaking when it no longer mattered, during the solitary hours close to midnight.

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