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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 23 quotes by Koren Zailckas Koren Zailckas Born 1980 Saudi Arabia Occupation Writer Genre Memoir Notable works Smashed Website www.korenzailckas.com Koren Zailckas (born 1980) is a bestselling American writer and memoirist. Her debut, Smashed, was released in 2005 by Viking Penguin and became a New York Times bestseller. Zailckas attended Nashoba Regional High School in Bolton, Massachusetts and Syracuse University. Smashed chronicles Zailckas' decade-long struggle with... Read full biography of Koren Zailckas → 1 2 Ctrl → I don't know where the idea originated that memoir writing is cathartic. For me, it's always felt like playing my own neurosurgeon, sans... → 0 If mothers are our first teachers, then having a narcissistic one teaches us that human closeness is terrifying, and the world is a heartless... → 0 I think statistics go in one ear and out the other. All of us respond to stories more than numbers. 0 I have been a ballerina, a cheerleader and a sorority girl. I was the girliest girl alive. 0 I do think anger is so difficult for women. Girls think it undermines their femininity; it's not very ladylike. 0 My short stature may have something to do with my tendency to shout when enraged. How else is anyone going to hear me way down here? 0 I grew up in a family that despised displays of strong emotion, rage in particular. We stewed. We sulked. When arguments did occur, they were... → 0 I think what I learned in research is that as Americans, we're very distrustful of anger. We're not sure if we should repress it. The idea... → 0 My parents always swore that in my childhood they had to let me win at board games. If, by the lucky stroke of the plastic wheel, my father would... → 0 What makes a narcissistic mother so scary? Her absolute power and controlling influence. A narcissistic mother is your only 'friend,' at... → 0 Why is Kris Jenner a powerhouse? Because some part of us confuses fame and infamy, too. If she really bothered us half as much as we claim she does... → 0 I think when you're 14 years old, I think you're sort of looking for markers that prove you're an adult and you're independent of... → 0 I think, for one, we have to really accept that anger is a normal human emotion that can be a positive force for change. 0 1 2 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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