“The vicar's handshake was warm and reassuring, but shaking hands with Mavis was like clutching a bunch of dead twigs.” — Victoria Twead Copy Share Image
I was inspired by my life. I was inspired by the lives of many women doctors around me. So [Memoirs of a… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
“Chris didn’t need to learn how to conquer fear. He had to embrace it, walk with it and listen to it.” — Michelle Tackabery Copy Share Image
I love to read nonfiction and memoir, but I'm mostly interested in the piece of writing more than the person. — Alice Mattison Copy Share Image
I do think that memoirs by women are reviewed differently and considered somewhat outside of the canon. — Kate Zambreno Copy Share Image
A remarkable memoir that's packed with anecdotes, advice and humor, all while maintaining a high level of dignity and self-awareness. — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
“The highway of grace will get you somewhere a whole lot faster then the freeway of spite.” — Aaron Lauritsen Copy Share Image
Being a female hard rocker and guitar player, I felt the need to put out a memoir. Almost like a rock 'n'… — Lita Ford Copy Share Image
“Part of what makes the book bizzare is that Whitman, because he wants to stand for everyone, because he wants to be… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
“Somehow the idyllic existence I envisioned never quite came to pass, but aside from the occasional culinary disaster, my marriage wasn't bad.” — Alexandra Bogdanovic Copy Share Image
I dislike modern memoirs. They are generally written by people who have either entirely lost their memories, or have never done anything… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
As irony would have it, the very person who inspired me to write a memoir... was the only person to be ejected… — Andre Aciman Copy Share Image
“The entire partying lifestyle was superficial in my experience, and most of my friendships were as deep as a shot glass and… — Kate Madison Copy Share Image
I don't like talking about myself; I like to let the music be the spokesperson for me. So doing a memoir and… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
“The children we bring into the world are small replicas of ourselves and our husbands; the pride and joy of grandfathers and… — Azelene Williams Copy Share Image
I ignored my stand-up career for twenty-five years, but now, having finished this memoir, I view this time with surprising warmth. One… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
“Reading wasn't an attempt to educate myself. It was my chief escape from a world that, although gorgeous in landscape and rich… — Chris Offutt Copy Share Image
“Recounting the narrative of our personal story in a methodical and chronological manner helps us see our life in a historical perspective.… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Doing a geographic” is a term alcoholics often use for acting on the impulse to start over by moving to a new… — Katie Hafner Copy Share Image
“The womb of the world births us. My filth comes from the same earthwork that gives rise to all stories. My interior… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
A learned County Court judge in a book of memoirs recently said that the overwhelming amount of his time on the bench… — 1st Baron Greene Wilfred Greene Copy Share Image
“The smell of cigarette smoke in the air in a tavern that changes names often, a bar cursed because of a girl… — Taylor Rhodes Copy Share Image
“It is not a single crime when a child is photographed while sexually assaulted (raped.) It is a life time crime that… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
THE LONG WALK is a raw, wrenching, blood-soaked chronicle of the human cost of war. Brian Castner, the leader of a military… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
Death, death. Now I won't be able to write my beautiful memoirs. — Joachim von Ribbentrop Copy Share Image
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