3 Quotes & Sayings By Irina Binder

Irina Binder is a Russian-born, New York-based writer. She was raised in the former Soviet Union, where she lived through the collapse of Communism and the rise of Vladimir Putin. She holds a BA in creative writing from the University of Iowa and an MFA in creative nonfiction from NYU's Graduate Writing Program. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Harper's, The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2015, McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, and elsewhere Read more

Her debut novel, Asking for It (Harper Collins), was published in 2014. She lives with her husband and two daughters in Brooklyn.

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- Te iubesc atat de mult, mi-a zis incet. Daca as putea , ti-as lua toate tristetile si toate durerile.- Cu anumite dureri traiesti toata viata. Nici macar Dumnezeu nu te scapa de ele. Le porti in suflet toata viata, de parca soarta ar vrea sa nu te lase niciodata sa uiti ca ai fost ranit. Irina Binder
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You know what my father told me when I was little, one day, when he found me crying? He told me that God gave people a fixed number of tears and are of two kinds: tears of sadness and tears of happiness. And that I should not waste my tears elsewhere, but keep them for the moments of happiness. Would be a shame to not have tears to cry then ... Irina Binder