“ These two Joes—the nasty bully and the starry-eyed dreamer—were my father. Growing up, the difficulty was knowing just which Joe would rise with the sun that day. Pythia Peay
“ The highway of grace will get you somewhere a whole lot faster then the freeway of spite. Aaron Lauritsen
“ If we are lucky enough, as I am, to be from time to time in quite close contact with young people, they can sometimes make it easier to hang on to this notion when they function, as every person does… Diana Athill
“ What can we expect from an empty shell Where many hearts of pearl once beat to dwell Waves fail to break hard layer's bond of loveWailing shore sends memoir to the sky above Munia Khan
“ I like how writing can take you off for a jaunt in your head and then set you back down in the chair where you've been all along. Georgann Low
“ I could simply kill you now, get it over with, who would know the difference? I could easily kick you in, stove you under, for all those times, mean on gin, you rammed words into my belly. (p. 52) Barbara Blatner
“ I was just four when a hired teenage field hand attempted to molest me. Miraculously, I got away, and I told my dad. My father made three important choices that day: He listened to me, he believed me,… Carolyn Byers Ruch
“ Like Sylvia Plath, Natalie Jeanne Champagne invites you so close to the pain and agony of her life of mental illness and addiction, which leaves you gasping from shock and laughing moments later: this… Andy Behrman
“ The Grim Reaper isn't grim at all; he's a life-saver. He isn't grim because he isn't anything. . . . he is nothing. And nothing is a hell of a lot better than anything. So long, boys. Jack Kerouac
“ Sometimes you have to travel back in time, skirting the obstacles, in order to love someone. Frances Mayes
