My father's haunting memories of war had been transformed…

“Every hour, she thinks, someone for whom the war was memory falls out of the world.”

— Anthony Doerr

“They were having a good time, an adventure. That was January’s dominant impression of his companions in the 509th; despite all the bitching and…

— Harry Turtledove

“A teacher by profession, [a much-decorated Bomber Command pilot] thought nothing of the war for years afterwards. Then a younger generation of his colleagues…

— Max Hastings

“She saw it in her mind's eye like a movie playing, the haunting memories from her childhood she couldn't seem to shake blending together…

— Eve Berlin

“You see? You're just figuring it out now, but I discovered a long time ago that the smarter you are, the more tempting it…

— Robyn Schneider

“Sometimes to escape the noise of haunting memories, you need your best friends hand in your own, to help erase the sound and fill…

— Andrea Michelle

“While we haunt ourselves, we become part of others. With all our broken pieces, we are gathered in mosaics— reflecting every careless smile, echoing…

— Laura Chouette

“You see? You're just figuring it out now, but I discovered a long time ago that the smarter you are, the more tempting it…

— Robyn Schneider

I have continually watched as some people let their past define who they are today. The past has literally robbed them of any joy…

— David Kreger

“Life is a collection of memories and feelings. Mawkish sentimentally urges us to engage in artistic overtures, we yearn to share with other people…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

I find it interesting that people often seem to believe that authors of realistic fiction are directly translating their personal experiences into their work.…

— Malinda Lo

By calling it a memoir, I meant is as a collection of memories. I thought it was (a more) artful (title) than documentary.

— Natalie Merchant

“I used to teach at an abused children's home. I told the kids, "You all have a manure pile of memories. Nothing you can…

— Rebecca O'Donnell

Memoirs are going to be problematic sells for a while, though, because even if memoir means "based in memory," right now, in the collective…

— Debra Monroe

The memoir by women, read by female readers, is considered a market form, not "great literature."

— Kate Zambreno