Fiction, on the whole, and if it is any good, tends to be a subversive element in society. Fay Weldon More Quotes by Fay Weldon More Quotes From Fay Weldon If you do nothing unexpected, nothing unexpected happens. Fay Weldon hopeinspirationallife Only one thing registers on the subconscious mind: repetitive application - practice. What you practice is what you manifest. Fay Weldon affirmationpracticemind Nothing happens, and nothing happens, and then everything happens. Fay Weldon everything-happens-for-a-reasonhappens Truly Alice, books are wonderful things; to sit alone in a room and laugh and cry, because you are reading, and still be safe when you close the book; and having finished it, discover you are changed, yet unchanged! To be able to visit the City of Invention at will, depart at will – that is all, really, education is about, should be about. Fay Weldon readingcitiesbook I was seduced by secrets, which are to true love as artificial sweetener is to sugar, calorie-free but in the long run carcinogenic, not the real thing, and only a peculiar aftertaste in the mouth to tell you so, to warn you. Fay Weldon realrunninglong Fiction stretches our sensibilities and our understanding, as mere information never can. Fay Weldon understandingliteraturefiction I didn't even know I was a feminist until I read it on the back of one of my own books. Fay Weldon my-ownfeministbook Marriage is a very difficult relationship for nearly everyone and I'm sure you shouldn't do it if you want a quiet little easy life. Fay Weldon wantlittlesquiet She could see that to lose a sibling was hard: it could only seem unnatural:out of time, out of order, a vicious re-run of your own departure into nothingness. Fay Weldon siblingrunningorder guilt to motherhood is like grapes to wine Fay Weldon motherhoodwineguilt A woman has all too much substance in a man's eyes at the best of times. That is why men like women to be slim. Her lack of flesh negates her. The less of her there is, the less notice he need take of her. The more like a male she appears to be, the safer he feels. Fay Weldon maleseyemen Beauty is the first present nature gives to women and the first it takes away. Fay Weldon sisterhoodbeautygiving One sort of believes in recycling. But one believes in it as a kind of palliative to the gods. Fay Weldon recyclingkindbelieve Never defend yourself; agree with your critics, it takes the wind out of their sails. Fay Weldon sailcriticswind Ask any woman in an arranged marriage. Love is the least stressful way out. Fay Weldon marriagelove-isway I was always furious because you couldn't take out more than three books in one day. You would go home with your three books and read them and it would still be only five o'clock. The library didn't shut till half past, but you couldn't change the books till the next day. Fay Weldon readinghomebook We shelter children for a time; we live side by side with men; and that is all. We owe them nothing, and are owed nothing. I think we owe our friends more, especially our female friends. Fay Weldon friendsmenchildren It is easier for the reader to judge, by a thousand times, than for the writer to invent. The writer must summon his Idea out of nowhere, and his characters out of nothing, and catch words as they fly, and nail them to the page. The reader has something to go by and somewhere to start from, given to him freely and with great generosity by the writer. And still the reader feels free to find fault. Fay Weldon readingcharacterbook I know that I'm a real writer because sometimes I write a story just because I want to; not because someone's told me to. Fay Weldon realstorieswriting A woman's body works as if it knew something she didn't, and does not have her best interests at heart. If you need to look your best it will deliver you a pimple; if you don't want it to, your period will start early; if you want a baby badly your body refuses to give you one; if you are content in your life, lo, you are pregnant. Fay Weldon heartbabygiving
