Lisa Alther
Lisa Alther
Lisa Altheris an American author and novelist. Her first name is pronounced as if it were spelled Liza...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth23 July 1944
Lisa Alther quotes about
attitude attitudes bear bring degree directly happen intelligence number reflected
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.
directly entertain felt intelligence intelligence-and-intellectuals love number people poets points reflected view whom
Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.
time use feels
Just as you began to feel that you could make good use of time, there was no time left to you.
mothers-day mom jobs
Any mother could perform the jobs of several air-traffic controllers with ease.
food vegetables improvement
If this was adulthood the only improvement she could detect in her situation was that she could now eat dessert without eating her vegetables.
vegetables adults dessert
The only obvious advantage to being an adult is that you can eat your dessert without haying sampled the vegetables.
successful rolling drink
successful parenting was like log rolling, and she'd often landed in the drink.
moving leaving mourn
If you kept moving, you never had to mourn what you were leaving behind.
france outrun
The French would eat anything that couldn't outrun them.
emotional energy deals
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.
depression mind function
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.
essence snakes trying
A snake will always be a snake, even if you put a chain around its neck and try to make it walk upright.
romantic-love requirements dodge
The requirements of romantic love are difficult to satisfy in the back seat of a Dodge Dart.
soul vision visionaries
We are all visionaries, and what we see is our soul in things.