Quotes about Memoirs

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The story of what it means to be human is never complete. Every generation will produce its own share of comedies and tr — Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls
The artistic bend is a sell-out. It's all truth, or it's no good. EIther write what's in the heart, all of it, the good, — Wendy K. Williamson, I'm Not Crazy Just Bipolar
Children played guessing games, telling each other whether the gun fired was and AK-47, a G3, an RPG, or a machine gun. — Ishmael Beah, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
But I wondered if all this kissing was a bad habit with him and me. The thing we did with our mouths instead of talking. — Gabrielle Zevin
What most people see is a badge, behind and beyond the badge is what they need to know...the person. — Donna Brown, Behind and Beyond the Badge: Stories from the Village of First Responders with Cops, Firefighters, Dispatchers, Forensics, and Victim Advocates
Each tear longs to kiss sorrow — Munia Khan
That’s not me.That’s my duality! — Munia Khan
Human souls enfold the elemental elements that we configure to provide our own distinctive explanation of what it means — Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls
Your whole life and the story of your journey is the landscape picture on the front of the box of a 1,000 piece puzzle. — Ashly Lorenzana
Conformity is deformity — Sharon Desruisseaux
It turns out, after a lot of exploration, that I'm not really a princess. A swell gal, sure, but not a princess. — Julie Klam, Please Excuse My Daughter: A Memoir
We're not made to wallow in pleasure. Pleasure is joy's assassin. — Mary Karr, Lit
There is a cost to loving anything, or anyone. No one tells you that when you are young. — Shuly Xóchitl Cawood, The Going and Goodbye: A Memoir
The head can travel a far piece while the body sits in one spot. It can traverse many decades, and many conversations ca — Mary Karr, Lit
Joy, it is, which I’ve never known before, only pleasure or excitement. Joy is a different thing, because its focus exis — Mary Karr, Lit
Tomorrow! How sweet its prospects for a drunkard the night before. There is no better word. Before the earth hurls itsel — Mary Karr, Lit
But it's a neurological fact that the scared self holds on while the reasoned one lets go. — Mary Karr
It's hard to be an articulate ghost. — Mary Karr, Lit
Slurping these spirits is soul preparation, a warped communion, myself serving as god, priest, and congregation. — Mary Karr, Lit
I was just thinking... isn't it lucky that we decided to become co-editors? If one takes a blow to the head, the other c — Gabrielle Zevin, Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac