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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.
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- “We tried not to smile, for smiling only encourages men to bore you and waste your time.”Sheila Heti
- “I didn't study English literature - I studied philosophy at university - so Kierkegaard, Nietzsche - these pe…”Sheila Heti
- “I just always try to respond to what I'm most interested in at the moment - that hasn't changed.”Sheila Heti
- “I feel like every single time I've published a book, there's some little light in me that goes out. I've seen…”Sheila Heti
Explore Friendship
- “As Mollie said to Dailey in the 1890s: "I am told that there are five other Mollie Fanchers, who together, ma…”Michelle Stacey
- “I grew up with white friends, Asian friends - Vietnamese, Chinese, Pacific Islanders. I had Hispanic friends,…”Ryan Coogler
- “German is a much more precise language than English. Americans throw the word love around for everything: I l…”Oliver Markus
Explore Books
- “Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, l…”Barry Commoner
- “I had always wanted to include images in a novel, and with my first book, 'Telex From Cuba,' I made an elabor…”Rachel Kushner
- “German is a much more precise language than English. Americans throw the word love around for everything: I l…”Oliver Markus
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Books by Sheila Heti
How should a person be?
2013
Women in clothes
2014
Alphabetical Diaries
2024
Ticknor
2007