Elizabeth Benedict Quotes
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What gives value to travel is fear. It breaks down a kind of inner structure we all have.
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I think I've been mildly obsessed with my hair. I don't think I have a hugely adversarial relationship with it. One my essay is about my decision to keep coloring my hair once it started to go gray, but once I wrote the essay - once the book was in production - I decided to go gray.
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Talking about your hair becomes a framework for talking about your vanity, your self-esteem, your relationships with your family, your mortality.
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You can just say the word "hair" to a woman, and she tells you the story of her life.
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If your hair has never given you any trouble, if you've never had huge fights with your mother about it, then you might not have a story to tell. But I think most people do.
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