Quotes of: Memoir Keyword

It had all seemed as inevitable as sunset. Instead it was the beauty of the sun glinting upon the scythe.

Split: A Memoir of Divorce

These relics have a history then?' 'So much so that they are history.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

To write is human, to edit is divine.

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

The truth is that most writers are needy.

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

The road to hell is paved with adverbs.

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

This book is a memoir - not of specific life events, but of the processes of dissociation, and of re-enlivening emotions that are shameful to admit or even to feel. It is an account of the altered states that trauma induces, which make it possible to...

Denial: A Memoir of Terror

Stories do not change, only the lives they live in do.

Caged: Memoirs of a Cage-Fighting Poet

But the memories that hang heaviest are the easiest to recall.

Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood

I played possum. I did this, as the possum does, out of fear.

Split: A Memoir of Divorce

Conversely, I though humiliation would be everything, but it´s such a nothing.

Split: A Memoir of Divorce

The marriage is over; counseling is the eulogy. The relationship autopsy is the wake.

Split: A Memoir of Divorce

A memoir provides a record not so much of the memoirist as of the memoirist's world.

Memoirs of a Geisha

It is only goodness which gives extra...

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Information can be such a double-edged sword.

A Memoir of Love

No furniture is so charming as books.

A memoir of the Rev. Sydney Smith

Hypocrisy has its own elegant symmetry.

Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal

Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Books are a uniquely portable magic.

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

It is not a crime to commit First Degree Writing

Warrior Patient: A Memoir About Survival, Hope, Love & Laughter

A counter to a jab is a left hook. What’s the counter to prejudice?

Caged: Memoirs of a Cage-Fighting Poet

For me, it´s sloth," I say. "Hedonistic sloth and escapism.

Split: A Memoir of Divorce