33 Quotes by Lisa Alther

If this was adulthood the only improvement she could detect in her situation was that she could now eat dessert without eating her vegetables.

What a surprise to find you could shift the contents of your head like rearranging furniture in a room.

The man who has no inner life is a slave of his surroundings, as the barometer is the obedient servant of the air.

Inspiration never arrived when you were searching for it.

Any mother could perform the jobs of several air-traffic controllers with ease.

Just as you began to feel that you could make good use of time, there was no time left to you.

That's the risk you take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't like the new you. But other people who do will come along.

I happen to feel that the degree of a person’s intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic.

That’s the risk you take if you change: that people you’ve been involved with won’t like the new you. But other people who do will come along.