“A memoir, at its heart, is written in order to figure out who you are.” — Sean Wilsey Identity Copy Share Image
There weren't a lot of people kind of manning the barricades in the sixties and looking up their genealogy. — Sean Wilsey Copy Share Image
“Writing is controlled substance. It acts with the least mediation and strongest effect.” — Sean Wilsey Copy Share Image
“We are the bright new stars born of a screaming black hole, the nascent suns burst from the darkness, from the grasping… — Sean Wilsey Astronomy Copy Share Image
It's been hard. My mother is proud of me, but her reaction swings wildly from day to day. I don't really take… — Sean Wilsey Copy Share Image
“The boy whose father takes him swimming, the girl whose mother takes her to the theater, children whose parents do things with… — Sean Wilsey Child Copy Share Image
“Kids are trusting and wise and I cannot think of a less useful combination to be born with. The wisdom lets children… — Sean Wilsey Children Copy Share Image
“Underneath the professional smiles there is a sadness in this country that is sunk so deep in the culture you can taste… — Sean Wilsey Sadness Copy Share Image
“That's why she felt entitled to be filthy rich. It explains and excuses a lot. She didn't want money because money was… — Sean Wilsey Beauty Copy Share Image
“We have elevated money to the level of humanity. But money and humanity are enemies. Enemies who feed off, lie to, and… — Sean Wilsey Humanity Copy Share Image
![“That's why she felt entitled to be filthy rich. It explains and excuses a lot. She didn't want money because money was power; she wanted it because she'd been poor, and money cures poverty. [...] But beauty is like money from God. And Mom has always been beautiful.” quote by Sean Wilsey](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/bc5/sean-wilsey-39420_beauty_that-s-why-she-felt-entitled-to-be-filth_2397545.jpg)
