“The greatest texts, I think, first dazzle, then with careful rereading...” — Lauren Groff Quote

“The greatest texts, I think, first dazzle, then with careful rereading, they instruct. I have learned from Virginia Woolf more than I even know how to articulate.”

“Time is the currency - the highest valued currency we have now. And people giving you their time is so incredible. They don't have to like your book, either. That's a totally separate gift.”

“I see history as really cyclical in terms of the intense idealism, and the desire to create a better life outside of societal norms.”

“Young people contact me all the time to articulate issues with the industrial food system, but they are frustrated by their perceived inability to do anything about it.”

“I suppose this is, in part, a cultural thing, but certainly in the U.K., I don't think we're particularly articulate in a language of death.”

“I don't want any of my sisters to be like Tomi Lahren. You all are smarter, sharper, more articulate, brilliant, so why would I want y'all to be like her?”