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The Year of Magical Thinking Quotes
Nine of the best book quotes from The Year of Magical Thinking
01
“I was thinking as small children think, as if my thoughts or wishes had the power to reverse the narrative, change the outcome.”
Joan Didion
author
The Year of Magical Thinking
book
power
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thoughts
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narrative
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young children
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to change the outcome
concepts
02
“In time of trouble, I had been trained since childhood, read, learn, work it up, go to the literature. Information was control.”
Joan Didion
author
The Year of Magical Thinking
book
information
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problem solving
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trouble
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control
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training
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to learn
concepts
03
“Given that grief remained the most general of afflictions its literature seemed remarkably spare.”
Joan Didion
author
The Year of Magical Thinking
book
grief
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literature
ᐧ
afflictions
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hard to find
concepts
04
“That I was only beginning the process of mourning did not occur to me. Until now, I had only been able to grieve, not mourn. Grief was passive. Grief happened. Mourning, the act of dealing with grief, required attention.”
Joan Didion
author
The Year of Magical Thinking
book
grief
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processes
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action
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needing attention
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mourning
concepts
05
“Grief turns out to be a place none of us know until we reach it.”
Joan Didion
author
The Year of Magical Thinking
book
grief
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the unknown
ᐧ
reaching
concepts
06
“The way I write is who I am, or have become.”
Joan Didion
author
The Year of Magical Thinking
book
writing
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to become
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knowing who you are
concepts
07
“Why do you always have to be right?”
Joan Didion
author
The Year of Magical Thinking
book
John Dunne
character
always
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being right
concepts
08
“You had to go with the change. He told me that.”
Joan Didion
author
The Year of Magical Thinking
book
John Dunne
character
change
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advice
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going with the flow
concepts
09
“The grieving have urgent reasons, even an urgent need, to feel sorry for themselves.”
Joan Didion
author
The Year of Magical Thinking
book
needs
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reasons
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urgency
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grieving
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feeling sorry for yourself
concepts
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power
thoughts
narrative
young children
to change the outcome
information
problem solving
trouble
control
training
to learn
grief
literature
afflictions
hard to find
processes
action
needing attention
mourning
the unknown
reaching
writing
to become
knowing who you are
always
being right
John Dunne
change
advice
going with the flow
needs
reasons
urgency
grieving
feeling sorry for yourself
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