EssayI think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise, they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind's door at 4 a. M. Of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends.Joan DidionOn Keeping a Notebook · 1968★ 5.3
Essay · MagazineCharacter—the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life—is the source from which self-respect springs.Joan DidionSelf-respect: Its Source, Its Power · 1961★ 3.6
Essay · MagazineTo free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves—there lies the great, the singular power of self-respect. Without it, one eventually discovers the final turn of the screw: one runs away to find oneself, and finds no one at home.Joan DidionVogue · 1961★ 3.6
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