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About Sheila Heti
Canadian writer in English
Sheila Heti is a Canadian writer who works in English and is known for fiction and essays. She has 95 quotes on the site. Her work is associated with contemporary literary writing, and she is known for a voice that moves between personal reflection and sharper cultural observation. The available facts identify her simply as a writer, with no further biographical details given here.
More from Sheila Heti (95 quotes) →Keep reading Sheila Heti
- “I didn't wander into motherhood or nonmotherhood unconsciously, recklessly. I gave it due consideration.”Sheila Heti
- “In my experience, women who are taken seriously take themselves seriously. It's not what you wear.”Sheila Heti
- “I've written about women's lives, and I just want to write about them from being a woman. I don't need femini…”Sheila Heti
- “Renown is something people have always wanted, but maybe what's modern is that it's considered a virtue, this…”Sheila Heti
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- “It must be difficult to be a mother,” she continued thoughtfully. “To create and nurture and raise a tiny per…”Eda J. Vor
- “The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tir…”Dorothy Parker
- “Through the grace shown to us in the gospel, there is something distinctly Christlike about a mother's love f…”Gloria Furman
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Books by Sheila Heti
How should a person be?
2013
Women in clothes
2014
Alphabetical Diaries
2024
Ticknor
2007