There's a phenomenology of being sick, one that depends on temperament, personal history, and the culture which we live in.
Siri HustvedtThe faculty of memory cannot be separated from the imagination. They go hand in hand. To one degree or another, we all invent our personal pasts. And for most of us those pasts are built from emotionally colored memories.
Siri HustvedtMany writers over the centuries simply do not have the reputations they deserve because they were female, and that is an act of suppression.
Siri Hustvedt