Janine di Giovanni Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“I have never been embedded with the American army or, you know, with the big war machine.”

“In a very straightforward way, I am a terrible reporter. I'm not someone who can go into a story and not get involved.”

“My earliest memories are of the civil rights era. My earliest experiences were rage.”

“My mother came from a generation that did not want nannies. She had her first child at 24 and her last - me - at 42.”

“The fact is, feminism is not what it used to be.”

“There are people who are seekers and people who aren't.”

“When the body breaks down, it does not all go at once; it goes piece by piece.”

“I spent a good part of the nineties roaming the Earth writing about conflict. It was very grueling. I was beginning to find this way of life was, wow, addictive and deeply meaningful.”

“I'm not sure that finding a husband at university made me any less of a feminist or an academic. I still soaked up Susan Faludi; I still read Doris Lessing. But I did it at the same time I met someone who I felt was my soulmate.”

“During war time, when people were injured, I was really frustrated I did not become a doctor. It's painful not being able to save people, witnessing their pain.”