My parents were travelers. Every time my parents got ten dollars ahead they went somewhere. That's what they did. So I got… — Pam Houston Copy Share Image
“When he says "Skins or blankets?" it will take you a moment to realized that he's asking which you want to sleep… — Pam Houston Copy Share Image
I was in Mongolia, pretty extreme situations. We were sick with dysentery, we were sick with bronchitis. I had been bitten by… — Pam Houston Copy Share Image
“Several times in my life, I’ve sat with women, friends of mine, who reveal, sometimes shyly, sometimes proudly, bruises of one kind… — Pam Houston Copy Share Image
I love the Bahamas, and I used to go there all the time with my friend who passed away, Henry. And I… — Pam Houston Copy Share Image
“For a long time I thought the object of the game was identifying the question, love versus freedom, Mandela vs Buthelezi, leave… — Pam Houston Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'm writing for magazines on assignment, but the university has to be patient with me. I mean, during the ten-week periods… — Pam Houston Copy Share Image
When a book is in its final stages, I've just got to be home, looking at it seventeen hours a day, and that's fine.… — Pam Houston Copy Share Image
I've been to a lot of school and read a lot of thick books, but at my very core there's a made-for-TV-movie mentality I… — Pam Houston Copy Share Image
Life gives us what we need when we need it; receiving what it gives us is a whole other thing. — Pam Houston Copy Share Image
Cheryl Strayed is a courageous, gritty, and deceptively elegant writer. — Pam Houston Copy Share Image
Sometimes no matter how well you prepare, no matter how conservative your decision making, no matter how few Y chromosomes are along on your… — Pam Houston Copy Share Image
Stillness is a harder concept for me than ecstasy, but I can imagine it best when I am fully present and paying strict attention… — Pam Houston Copy Share Image
“I still don't see how it would make me feel any better to think of the pain in my hip and spine as anything… — Pam Houston Copy Share Image
My parents were travelers. Every time my parents got ten dollars ahead they went somewhere. That's what they did. So I got the bug… — Pam Houston Copy Share Image
“Find yourself a place in the universe,' she said, 'a place where the dirt feels like goodness under your feet. Take the right picture… — Pam Houston Copy Share Image
I always think, when I'm in motion, writing seems like the most natural thing. — Pam Houston Copy Share Image
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