Lisa Alther Quotes

July 23, 1944

Lisa Alther (born July 23, 1944) is an American author and novelist. She achieved success with her comic novel Kinflicks (1976), and explored the themes of personal and sexual identity in several subsequent books.

If this was adulthood, the only improvement she could detect in her situation was that now she could eat dessert without eating her vegetables.

Kinflicks, ch. 2 (1976).

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There was nothing wrong with her that a vasectomy of the vocal chords wouldn't fix.

Lisa Alther
— Kinflicks, ch. 4 (1976).

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I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic.

Lisa Alther
— Kinflicks, ch. 7 (1976).

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