“Today, I defined 'sentimental' to myself as a feeling about the idea o...” — Sheila Heti Quote

“Today, I defined 'sentimental' to myself as a feeling about the idea of a feeling.”

“I really enjoyed the process of 'Women in Clothes,' but there's no way I would have done that again. It felt more like being an editor than a writer, and I longed to write again.”

“If you want to write from life, you can't really write a story. People are always changing, and I think if we didn't look the same day-to-day, and our self weren't always in our body, would we even be the same? The continuity is in our bodies.”

“Everything that has happened to me in my life has defined who I am, and all of the things leading up to being governor, that all came from overcoming challenges in childhood and overcoming challenges as I got older. When you have God, you quickly understand there's nothing you can't overcome.”

“I've always been of the mindset that you will be defined by the things you say 'no' to because it's so easy to say 'yes.'”

“I've traveled the world, and I've seen how people marvel at the United States of America, at our democracy, at our ambition to build what so few countries have - a nation defined not by race or tribe or religion or place of birth but by an idea, that everyone is created equal.”