Quote of the Day: Fran Lebowitz
“Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a pleasurable one. It's a drug. It distorts reality, and that's the point of it. It would be impossible to fall in love with someone that you really saw.”
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Liz Spikol is senior contributing editor of Philadelphia Weekly. She writes the award-winning column The Trouble With Spikol, which began as a chronicle of her struggle with mental illness, and has since expanded into humorous musings on everything from graphic novels to how to use a mop. She also writes the paper's book review column, Lit Gloss. This blog -- named one of the Top 10 Bipolar Blogs of 2007 by PsychCentral -- is about mental illness policy, news, personal journeys and more.
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Great quote! I like the one she has about sitting down to write, looking "at her Webster's Second Unabridged with 9 million words in it" and thinking "all the words I need are in there, they're just in the wrong order."
Or something like that - but I probably just like that one because I'm dyslexic.
Posted by: howard | June 13, 2007 07:58 PM
"Sex without love is an empty experience, but as empty experiences go it's one of the best"
Woody Allen
A funny quote despite his personal aberrations.
Posted by: HS | June 14, 2007 01:38 PM