Joan
“That’s it. It’s the expectations that are unstated – they can never ever be met, because they can never really be known. There’s always the possibility of some greater expectation.”
Joan Didion • Notes to John
In the life of the body politic, the actual movement is going on underneath and I am interested in what’s going on underneath.
MELVILLE HOUSE • Joan Didion
And it always does. That is one last thing to remember: writers are always selling somebody out.
Joan Didion • Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
“You were meant to show spirit, kill the rattlesnake, keep moving forward,” she once told me. “It meant being left alone and leaving others alone. It is regarded by members of my family as the highest form of human endeavor.”
Sara Davidson • The Didion Files
Author Joan Didion in 1987.
gettyimages.caAmerican essayist Joan Didion, New York City, 17th March 2006.
gettyimages.caLARPing towards Bethlehem
buttondown.comLoving Didion can signify a desire for truth without sentimentality: readers may gravitate toward her style as a model for facing harsh realities without flinching, in life as well as in pros

Joan is always the vibe.