Cheryl Mendelson Quotes

#1. I published only in academic journals in philosophy until I was in my 40s, but I had been writing fiction and poetry my whole adult life - without ever once trying to publish it, and rarely letting anyone read it.

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#2. I listen to lots of music, especially Bach, opera (all periods), German lieder, chamber music, and rock, old and new. I can't listen to music while I write. It's too absorbing.

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#3. I myself love getting cookbooks and novels that some congenial person has already tried and liked.

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#4. Housekeeping comprises the ability to find, evaluate, and use information about nutrition, cooking, chemistry and biology, health, comfort, laundry, cleaning, and safety.

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#5. Many books have mattered enormously to my life and work. 'David Copperfield' by Charles Dickens would be one of several contenders for 'most influential.' I first read it at 13 and have reread it dozens of times since.

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#6. He was a man whose calmness reflected his confidence that he meant whatever he did-- which is different... from confidence that whatever he did was right.

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#7. We have, instead (of soot and dirt), disorganization. We have this proliferation of goods. It's the disease of the time.

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#8. Home is the one place in the world where you are safe from feeling put down or out, unentitled, or unwanted.

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#9. Hair burns very quickly. If you have long hair, tie it back securely when you are cooking, building a fire in the fireplace, lighting your space heater, leaning toward a lit grill, or doing anything else involving flames.

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#10. I am a working woman with a secret life: I keep house.

Cheryl Mendelson