Break Every Rule Quotes

“And chanting sentences is the only way to feel better finally. And writing sentences, making shapes, is the only way to feel better. Sustaining, miraculous language, that all these years keeps illness at bay.”
― Carole Maso, Break Every Rule: Essays on Language, Longing, and Moments of Desire

“I had left her behind, again--because I could not write--write, that is, on my own terms, without concern for the marketplace, without selling out in small but grave ways: writing for magazines, or teaching prematurely, or making uncsoncious decisions that might make the work more sexy, more accessible--but for all the wrong reasons. It seemed crucial not to derail myself now, not to subvert myself, not give in.”
― Carole Maso, Break Every Rule: Essays on Language, Longing, and Moments of Desire