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title: "2 Brain Knows Quotes By Sara Nelson"
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> [“...if I've learned one thing in my decades on earth, it's this: Don't argue with your lizard brain; it knows you better than you know yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-nelson/if-i-ve-learned-one-thing-in-my-decades-on-earth-it-s-this-don-t/)

[Sara Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-nelson/)

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> [“But my subconscious mind--the part I've heard writers call the lizard brain--could and did: it told me to reach for Anne Lamott or Edith Wharton or Calvin Trillin instead. And if I've learned one thing in my decades on earth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-nelson/but-my-subconscious-mind-the-part-i-ve-heard-writers-call-the-lizard/)

[Sara Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-nelson/)

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## More by Sara Nelson

> [Interest in reading memoirs is universal. What has happened is that people are writing about more and more outrageous things. Our threshold for weirdness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-nelson/interest-in-reading-memoirs-is-universal-what-has-happened-is-that/)

[Sara Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-nelson/)

> [“Clearly she knew that between book lovers, a novel is not a novel is not a novel. It's a symbol, an offering -- and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-nelson/clearly-she-knew-that-between-book-lovers-a-novel-is-not-a-novel-is/)

[Sara Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-nelson/)

> [“...if I've learned one thing in my decades on earth, it's this: Don't argue with your lizard brain; it knows you better than you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-nelson/if-i-ve-learned-one-thing-in-my-decades-on-earth-it-s-this-don-t/)

[Sara Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-nelson/)

> [“Why bother with other people's worlds made of words? was his philosophy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-nelson/why-bother-with-other-people-s-worlds-made-of-words-was-his-philosophy/)

[Sara Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-nelson/)

> [“But my subconscious mind--the part I've heard writers call the lizard brain--could and did: it told me to reach for Anne Lamott or Edith…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-nelson/but-my-subconscious-mind-the-part-i-ve-heard-writers-call-the-lizard/)

[Sara Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-nelson/)

> [“Reading's ability to beam you up to a different world is a good part of the reason why people like me do it in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-nelson/reading-s-ability-to-beam-you-up-to-a-different-world-is-a-good-part/)

[Sara Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-nelson/)

> [“You know you're in a bad patch when the most interesting part of the book you're reading is the acknowledgments page.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-nelson/you-know-you-re-in-a-bad-patch-when-the-most-interesting-part-of-the/)

[Sara Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-nelson/)

> [Explaining the moment of connection between a reader and book to someone who's never experienced it is like trying to describe sex to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-nelson/explaining-the-moment-of-connection-between-a-reader-and-book-to/)

[Sara Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-nelson/)

> [When things go right, I read. When things go wrong, I read more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-nelson/when-things-go-right-i-read-when-things-go-wrong-i-read-more/)

[Sara Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-nelson/)

> [“I m not about to tell him that I am just like Anna and Emma, an adulteress. My books are my secret lovers, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-nelson/i-m-not-about-to-tell-him-that-i-am-just-like-anna-and-emma-an/)

[Sara Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-nelson/)

> [Allowing yourself to stop reading a book - at page 25, 50, or even, less frequently, a few chapters from the end - is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-nelson/allowing-yourself-to-stop-reading-a-book-at-page-25-50-or-even-less/)

[Sara Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-nelson/)

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