As any of us approaches middle age, we inevitably ... -Claire Messud

As any of us approaches middle age, we inevitably come up against our limitations: the realization that certain dearly-held fantasies may not be realized; that circumstances have thwarted us; that even with intention and will we may not be able to set our ship back on the course we'd planned.

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Claire Messud is a talented novelist known for her literary works that delve into complex emotions and human relationships. Through her storytelling, she has captured the hearts of readers, earning praise for her literary prowess. Claire Messud's novels have been critically acclaimed and have earned her recognition as a significant voice in contemporary literature. Her contributions to the world of writing continue to be celebrated by readers and fellow authors alike.

Claire Messud Quotes to Explore

A painting lets us know how somebody literally saw things. A piece of music is another language that transmits a whole wealth of emotion and wordless ...

I don't trust people who are likable....

For me, the ages between 9 and 12 were great because it was before you wore any masks, and you had some autonomy in the world. You had some freedom, a...

In the world I've lived in, gay marriage, for example, seems completely logical. And yet there are many people who don't live in that world....

I went around in my teens and early 20s thinking that life was a con trick. I had managed to grow up believing in all sorts of romantic ideas about ha...

I have always been interested in that relationship between what happens in our head and what happens in the world....

Place and displacement have always been central for me. A type of insecurity goes with that: you are always following the cues, like learning the danc...

We live in a culture that wants to put a redemptive face on everything, so anger doesn't sit well with any of us. But I think women's anger sits less ...

It's still unacceptable for women to have negative emotions, especially anger, and I was trying to write against that....

Women's anger is very scary to people, and to no one more than to other women, who think, 'My goodness, if I let the lid off, where would we be?'...

Age Quotes to Explore

There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness and delivers a long, pleased speech in all the true inflections of spoken Engl...

The Atomic Age is here to stay - but are we?...

I grew up in Welwyn Garden City, and when you're a woman of colour in a predominantly white area, you become aware of prejudice from a young age....

In the digital age of 'overnight' success stories such as Facebook, the hard slog is easily overlooked....

Some fighters had blinding speed and reflexes in their heyday but faded badly with age....

I prefer to look at a natural woman. A woman should be courageous to become older, not desperate to look younger than her age....

Nobody under the age of 55 should be able to stand for election, and nobody under the age of 30 should be able to vote in those elections....

Although reading the classics in Latin in school may be not as fulfilling as it would be at a more mature age, few scientists can afford the time for ...

Maybe at some level, even at an early age, without ever being aware of it, I was reacting to something. To people judging me based on how I looked ins...

I came to America at such a young age, and I was so naive that I didn't realise what I was getting myself into; maybe that's why it worked out for me....