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Ellen Sussman Quotes

Sometimes we have to run away from ourselves in order to find ourselves.

Sometimes we have to run away from ourselves in order to find ourselves.

Ellen Sussman
Running, Order, Sometimes
Ellen Sussman (2011). “French Lessons”, p.137, Hachette UK

Perhaps you're not crazy, but you're very creative.

Ellen Sussman
Crazy, Creative
Ellen Sussman (2011). “French Lessons: A Novel”, p.60, Ballantine Books

Our parents don't know us... They can't know us. We hide ourselves from them. Once they knew everything about us and in order to escape them we keep out secrets, our private selves.

Ellen Sussman
Self, Order, Parent

Why does naming a thing give it so much power?

Ellen Sussman
Giving, Doe

We don't need to talk. We need to love.

Ellen Sussman
Needs

Sometimes when daughters have a bad-girl mother, they rebel and become good girls. They are constantly embarrassed by me!

Ellen Sussman
Girl, Daughter, Mother

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