“Living your life according to what everyone else might think of you is to cede control of who you are. It is to outsource your identity to a bunch of strangers who do not know you.”
Tag: Women's Biographies
Educated
“My life was narrated for me by others. Their voices were forceful, emphatic, absolute. It had never occurred to me that my voice might be as strong as theirs.”
I Feel Bad About My Neck
“Oh, how I regret not having worn a bikini for the entire year I was twenty-six. If anyone young is reading this, go, right this minute, put on a bikini, and don't take it off until you're thirty-four.”
Everything I Know About Love
“Nearly everything I know about love, I've learnt from my long-term friendships with women.”
A Stranger In Paris
The first of Karen Webb's three-part memoir, A French Life.
