Moon Unit Zappa > Quotes

“Everyone has flaws. It's a matter of finding the ones you can live with.”
― Moon Unit Zappa

“I had a friend whose family had dinner together every day. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. It just seemed so amazing to me.”
― Moon Unit Zappa

“One thing I was born intrinsically knowing that has never left me: life is not worth living if those I love suffer, suffer alone, or get left behind.”
― Moon Unit Zappa, Earth to Moon: A Memoir

“Warhol will plant a journalism seed in me. He will also defend me in his diary, which will be published posthumously a few years from now and point out a thing no one currently acknowledges but that I will feel acutely--Warhol will describe his experience of my father and privately criticize Frank for viewing me as something he alone invented, a tool at my dad's disposal. When this icon's journal entries are made public, they wll become concrete validation and confirmation of my own unarticulated experience, a tiny light in the dark that lets me start to see my way out.”
― Moon Unit Zappa, Earth to Moon: A Memoir

“In my adulthood I will come to realize I was pinballing between the outer, public fake me; the under-my-roof, family fake me; and the real me, who desperately wanted to feel safe.”
― Moon Unit Zappa, Earth to Moon: A Memoir

“Even my past struggles make sense to me—I learned everything not to do so I could do everything right for our child.”
― Moon Unit Zappa, Earth to Moon: A Memoir

“Outwardly, I blame everything on the fact that guys are afraid of my rock-icon dad. Inwardly I fear it’s because all guys are like my dad. No one loves honesty, directness, earnestness, vulnerability. No one loves a reader.”
― Moon Unit Zappa, Earth to Moon: A Memoir

“To feel you belong is a human need, and needs are nonnegotiable. Met needs fill you up and motivate you to keep going.”
― Moon Unit Zappa, Earth to Moon: A Memoir

“If I am honest, it's hard for me to keep my promise to myself and to Gail to hate my father and only love my mother, especially on the days Gail takes everything out on me. Instead of blaming her, I learn to blame myself. After all, I am the one who swore total allegiance to her.”
― Moon Unit Zappa, Earth to Moon: A Memoir