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> [What's more important that spiritual life? It seems to me it's the bedrock of everything essential about being human.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dani-shapiro/what-s-more-important-that-spiritual-life-it-seems-to-me-it-s-the/)

[Dani Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dani-shapiro/)

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> [Our pain hides beneath these fluttering, random thoughts that run through our heads in an endless loop. But there's so much freedom in getting to know what's under there, the bedrock.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dani-shapiro/our-pain-hides-beneath-these-fluttering-random-thoughts-that-run/)

[Dani Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dani-shapiro/)

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## More by Dani Shapiro

> [“The writer’s life requires courage, patience, empathy, openness. It requires the ability to be alone with oneself. Gentle with oneself. To be disciplined, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dani-shapiro/the-writer-s-life-requires-courage-patience-empathy-openness-it/)

[Dani Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dani-shapiro/)

> [I never troll for material. It simply presents itself, and is always unmistakable. This is why I want to roll my eyes when people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dani-shapiro/i-never-troll-for-material-it-simply-presents-itself-and-is-always/)

[Dani Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dani-shapiro/)

> [I had never really felt settled in Brooklyn. I think it had to do with growing up in New Jersey and being someone who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dani-shapiro/i-had-never-really-felt-settled-in-brooklyn-i-think-it-had-to-do-with/)

[Dani Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dani-shapiro/)

> [When I near the end of a book, it feels as if the entire universe meets me more than halfway and supports me. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dani-shapiro/when-i-near-the-end-of-a-book-it-feels-as-if-the-entire-universe/)

[Dani Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dani-shapiro/)

> [Everything you need to know about life can be learned from a genuine and ongoing attempt to write](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dani-shapiro/everything-you-need-to-know-about-life-can-be-learned-from-a-genuine/)

[Dani Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dani-shapiro/)

> [We don't choose what's going to wake us up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dani-shapiro/we-don-t-choose-what-s-going-to-wake-us-up/)

[Dani Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dani-shapiro/)

> [Everything changes. The more I try to hold on to the moment, the more it slips through my fingers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dani-shapiro/everything-changes-the-more-i-try-to-hold-on-to-the-moment-the-more/)

[Dani Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dani-shapiro/)

> [There is no end to the promotion. There is no end to the possibilities. You can continue to promote a book for years, literally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dani-shapiro/there-is-no-end-to-the-promotion-there-is-no-end-to-the-possibilities/)

[Dani Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dani-shapiro/)

> [We can't protect ourselves from pain and heartache.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dani-shapiro/we-can-t-protect-ourselves-from-pain-and-heartache/)

[Dani Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dani-shapiro/)

> [A writer with her work needs to be like a dog with a bone all the time. She needs to know where she's hidden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dani-shapiro/a-writer-with-her-work-needs-to-be-like-a-dog-with-a-bone-all-the/)

[Dani Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dani-shapiro/)

> [“Oh, child! Somewhere inside you, your future has already unfurled like one of those coiled-up party streamers, once shiny, shaken loose, floating gracefully for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dani-shapiro/oh-child-somewhere-inside-you-your-future-has-already-unfurled-like/)

[Dani Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dani-shapiro/)

> [I never feel so alive as when I'm writing and the work is going well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dani-shapiro/i-never-feel-so-alive-as-when-i-m-writing-and-the-work-is-going-well/)

[Dani Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dani-shapiro/)

> [I do strongly identify with being Jewish. I was raised Orthodox and had a childhood complicated by the fact that my father was deeply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dani-shapiro/i-do-strongly-identify-with-being-jewish-i-was-raised-orthodox-and/)

[Dani Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dani-shapiro/)

> [The fact is that most husbands, regardless of religion - it's an old-fashioned gender divide where the husband wants to stay home and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dani-shapiro/the-fact-is-that-most-husbands-regardless-of-religion-it-s-an-old/)

[Dani Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dani-shapiro/)

> [Novels are my favorite to write and read. I do like writing personal essays, too. I'm not really a short story writer, nor do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dani-shapiro/novels-are-my-favorite-to-write-and-read-i-do-like-writing-personal/)

[Dani Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dani-shapiro/)

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