Quotes of: Memoirs Keyword

Doubt is a lot like faith; A mustard's seed worth changes everything.

Holy Ghost Girl: A Memoir

Re-reading a collection of my stuff, I was rather startled to find that it was 'perhaps.

Hitch-22: A Memoir

Children are our future. We teach them today; what will they do tomorrow?

Memoirs of an Educarer: An Inspiration for Education

Maybe they hurt so much that the only way they can say it, is to say nothing

Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend

Of course, a sign doesn't mean anything unless you know how to interpret it.

Memoirs of a Geisha

Most young women do not welcome promiscuous advances. (Either that, or my luck's terrible.)

Memoirs Of A Mangy Lover

But I couldn't stop there. The call of adventure was much stronger and more inviting.

The Mute's Soliloquy: A Memoir

There is no prescription for finding moments of gratitude in every day; there is simply the choice.

Naked Imperfection: A Memoir

I think with my heart and I love with my brain

Memoirs of an Illegal Alien

I'm halfway through Patti Smith's memoir 'Just Kids,' which is heart-stoppingly vivid. It drips with beauty and hope and devastating candour. I don't want it to end.

Hattie Morahan

You might think that religion was the one area in which professional jealousy would take a back seat. But no: ecclesiastical memoirs are as viperish as any, though their envy tends to cloak itself in piety.

Craig Brown

When you are writing a memoir, you have the advantage of knowing how it all ends. It's just taking your life apart and putting it together again.

Koren Zailckas

In the writing of memoirs, as in the production of shows, too much caution causes the audience to nod and think of other channels.

Gerald Clarke

I had read too many memoirs that were written after the writer or the director was past his or her prime.

Joe Eszterhas

I think most memoirs, though they purport to be about this particular time or this person you met, are really about the effect that person or time had on you.

Rosemary Mahoney

There are millions of people out there who live this way, and their hearts are breaking just like mine. It’s okay to say, “My kid is a drug addict or alcoholic, and I still love them and I’m still proud of them.” Hold your head up and have a ...

Everything I Never Wanted to Be: A Memoir of Alcoholism and Addiction, Faith and Family, Hope and Humor

I am inundated with feeling. I feel like a pinball machine on tilt. All the buzzers are ringing, lights are flashing, and I am about to fry my circuits. Nothing is coming in,and nothing is going out. I feel electrified. The wires ignited, sparked, an...

Fire of the Five Hearts: A Memoir of Treating Incest

In August of 1998, I completed , the sequel to my novel , one of many of my books in which a dog is among the cast of principal characters. Every time I wrote a story that included a canine, my yearning for a dog grew. Readers and critics alike said ...

A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog

I guess I was always looking for something. What it was, I didn’t know. I wanted help from the VA, but didn’t want to go back, didn’t want to be subjected to that second-rate treatment any longer. I wanted to find peace within myself, but didn�...

Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

I realize that what happened in Bosnia could happen anywhere in the world, particularly in places that are diverse and have a history of conflict. It only takes bad leadership for a country to go up in flames, for people of different ethnicity, color...

Not My Turn to Die: Memoirs of a Broken Childhood in Bosnia

How many more times do we have to come to terms with death before we find safety?" he asked. He waited a few minutes, but the three of us didn't say anything. He continued: "Every time people come at us with the intention of killing us, I close my ey...

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier