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She is also a speaker and commentator. </p> </div> <span class="more" id="auhtor_info_more" more="more" less="Less">more</span> <ul class="author__about__options"><li><a href="http://www.ellengoodman.com/" class="i-link" target="_blank" itemprop="url" title="Ellen Goodman official website"></a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Goodman" class="i-wiki" target="_blank" itemprop="url" title="Wikipedia article about Ellen Goodman"></a></li><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/EllenGoodmanColumns" class="i-fb" target="_blank" itemprop="url" title="Ellen Goodman Facebook page"></a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/EllenGoodman" class="i-tw" target="_blank" itemprop="url" title="Ellen Goodman Twitter account"></a></li></ul> </div> </section> <div class="switch"> <ul class="switch-view" role="menu"> <li id="switch_cards" role="menuitem" class="active"><i class="i-cards" title="view_as_cards"></i></li> <li id="switch_list" role="menuitem"><i class="i-list" title="view_as_list"></i></li> </ul> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a12162/01704e/">Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work, driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to a job that you need so you can pay for the clothes, car and the house that you leave empty all day in order to afford to live in it.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a12162/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/2/12162.v2.jpg" alt="Ellen Goodman"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Ellen Goodman</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); 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We criticize fathers for distance. How many of us have expected less from our fathers and appreciated what they gave us more? How many of us always let them off the hook?</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a12162/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/2/12162.v2.jpg" alt="Ellen Goodman"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Ellen Goodman</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="216fa1"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="216fa1" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a12162/216fa1/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=We%20criticize%20mothers%20for%20closeness.%20We%20criticize%20fathers%20for%20distance.%20How%20many%20of%20us%20have%20expected%20less%20from%20our%20fathers%20and%20appreciated%20what%20they%20gave%20us%20more%3F%20How%20many%20of%20us%20always%20let%20them%20off%20the%20hook%3F&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa12162%2F216fa1%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/136/">Distance</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a12162/216fa2/">You can fire your secretary, divorce your spouse, abandon your children. But they remain your co-authors forever.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a12162/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/2/12162.v2.jpg" alt="Ellen Goodman"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Ellen Goodman</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="216fa2"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="216fa2" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a12162/216fa2/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=You%20can%20fire%20your%20secretary%2C%20divorce%20your%20spouse%2C%20abandon%20your%20children.%20But%20they%20remain%20your%20co-authors%20forever.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa12162%2F216fa2%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/202/">Children</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1734/">Forever</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/198/">Fire</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a12162/017050/">There's a trick to the Graceful Exit. 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It means leaving what's over without denying its value.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a12162/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/2/12162.v2.jpg" alt="Ellen Goodman"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Ellen Goodman</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="017050"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="017050" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a12162/017050/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=There%27s%20a%20trick%20to%20the%20Graceful%20Exit.%20It%20begins%20with%20the%20vision%20to%20recognize%20when%20a%20job%2C%20a%20life%20stage%2C%20a%20relationship%20is%20over%20-%20and%20to%20let%20go.%20It%20means%20leaving%20what%27s%20over%20without%20denying%20its%20value.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa12162%2F017050%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/145/">Life</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/257/">Job</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/447/">Relationship</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a12162/316d51/">When we describe what the other person is really like, I suppose we often picture what we want. We look through the prism of our need.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a12162/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/2/12162.v2.jpg" alt="Ellen Goodman"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Ellen Goodman</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="316d51"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="316d51" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a12162/316d51/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=When%20we%20describe%20what%20the%20other%20person%20is%20really%20like%2C%20I%20suppose%20we%20often%20picture%20what%20we%20want.%20We%20look%20through%20the%20prism%20of%20our%20need.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa12162%2F316d51%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/818/">Picture</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a12162/116fb3/">Call me a cockeyed pessimist, but I'm having trouble finding any good news in the trashing of Harriet Miers.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a12162/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/2/12162.v2.jpg" alt="Ellen Goodman"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Ellen Goodman</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); 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