# Quote — Jane Smiley, Golden Age

> Two, she thought, was the most ephemeral age, the age of incipient consciousness, when personality was first chinking into place.

- Author: [Jane Smiley](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jane-smiley.md)
- Book: [Golden Age](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jane-smiley/golden-age.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jane-smiley/golden-age/two-she-thought

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> She said, “Some are born bossy, some achieve bossiness, and some have bossiness thrust upon them.”

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> He had accepted that if you were a bookish person the events in your life took place in your head.

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