“Maybe it fostered in me a creeping ambition-deficit disorder, but it could ease an ache. So anything worth doing could be undertaken… — Mary Karr Ambition Copy Share Image
People who didn't live pre-Internet can't grasp how devoid of ideas life in my hometown was. The only bookstores sold Bibles the… — Mary Karr Bible Copy Share Image
I'm bred for farm work, and for such folk, the only A's you get come from effort. Strife and strain are all… — Mary Karr Copy Share Image
“Finally, put it aside. Put it out of your head at least a week. You want it to set up like jello.… — Mary Karr Copy Share Image
Such a small, pure object a poem could be, made of nothing but air a tiny string of letters, maybe small enough… — Mary Karr Copy Share Image
“I think about the story of Job I heard in Carol Sharp's Sunday school. How he sort of learned to lean into… — Mary Karr Feeling hurt Copy Share Image
My idea of art is, you write something that makes people feel so strongly that they get some conviction about who they… — Mary Karr Copy Share Image
Faith is a choice like any other. If you're picking a career or a husband - or deciding whether to have a… — Mary Karr Baby Copy Share Image
The words and sentences you take into your body from books are no less sacred and healing than communion. Surely at least… — Mary Karr Body Copy Share Image
“Faith is not a feeling, she says. It's a set of actions. By taking the actions, you demonstrate more faith than somebody… — Mary Karr Faith Copy Share Image
“Your mother rolls her eyes at the cat lapping grapefruit juice, says, "Everything that comes into this house is crazy - whether… — Mary Karr Copy Share Image
“I lock all my scaredness down in my stomach until the fear hardens into something I hardly notice. I myself harden into… — Mary Karr Coping-mechanism Copy Share Image
Every now and then we enter the presence of the numinous and deduce for an instant how we're formed, in what detail… — Mary Karr Copy Share Image
