Quotes of: Memoirs Keyword

Nothing in the world delights a truly religious people so much as consigning them to eternal damnation.

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

The attendance of that brother was now become like the attendance of a demon on some devoted being that had sold himself to destruction

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

We are all subjected to two distinct natures in the same person. I myself have suffered grievously in that way.

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

As long as they don’t harm the environment, pay taxes, and don't do it in my bed, it’s none of my business.

Rite Of Passage: Memoirs of a Survivor of the Pickup Community

The ego is a mean mechanism which mobilizes the absolute strongest rationalization traps in order to preserve itself.

Rite Of Passage: Memoirs of a Survivor of the Pickup Community

While aloofness might fascinate others and makes them respect you, it will never allow for intimacy and profound relationships.

Rite Of Passage: Memoirs of a Survivor of the Pickup Community

Traveling equals having experiences which translate into more opportunities for exposing incorrect ideas about life.

Rite Of Passage: Memoirs of a Survivor of the Pickup Community

Our stories are mirrors. We can look into them and return to ourselves. We can make of them an offering.

In the Tracks of the Unseen; Memoirs of a Jungian Psychoanalyst

Some people who are obsessed with food become gourmet chefs. Others become eating disorders.

Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia

The idea that creative endeavor and mind-altering substances are entwined is one of the great pop-intellectual myths of our time.

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times, shame on both of us.

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

A boy who once wiped his ass with poison ivy probably doesn't belong in a smart people's club.

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

When you were building that all-important stairway to heaven, you couldn't just stand around with your hammer in your hand.

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

I think the best stories always end up being about the people rather than the event, which is to say character-driven.

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

The most important things to remember about back story are that (a) everyone has a history and (b) most of it isn’t very interesting.

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

What you need to remember is that there’s a difference between lecturing about what you know and using it to enrich the story. The latter is good. The former is not.

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

The object of fiction isn't grammatical correctness but to make the reader welcome and then tell a story.... Writing is seduction. Good talk is part of seduction.

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Membacalah empat jam sehari dan menulislah empat jam sehari. Kalau kau tidak bisa meluangkan waktu untuk itu, jangan harap kau bisa menjadi penulis yang baik.

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

It's best to have your tools with you. If you don't, you're apt to find something you didn't expect and get discouraged.

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

The stutter remains something memorable and good. I felt more at ease because of it. We were both somewhat vulnerable and, in our own ways, hesitant.

Cockeyed: A Memoir of Blindness

One of the things I learned about writing a memoir is you can’t drag the reader through everything. Every human life is worth 20 memoirs.

Andre Dubus III