33 Quotes by Lisa Alther

The requirements of romantic love are difficult to satisfy in the back seat of a Dodge Dart.

A snake will always be a snake, even if you put a chain around its neck and try to make it walk upright.

Depression was a very active state really. Even if you appeared to an observer to be immobilized, your mind was in a frenzy of paralysis. You were unable to function, but were actively despising yourself for it.

The human organism has only so much energy at its disposal. If you divert a great deal of it into any one channel, you can expect the others to collapse or atrophy. If you squander your vital energies on your emotional life, as you have been doing, plan to be physically and mentally bankrupt, as it were.

The French would eat anything that couldn't outrun them.

The strength you've insisted on assigning to others is actually within yourself.

If you kept moving, you never had to mourn what you were leaving behind.

successful parenting was like log rolling, and she'd often landed in the drink.

The only obvious advantage to being an adult is that you can eat your dessert without haying sampled the vegetables.