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> [I wasn't in a position that some other memoirists are, dealing with families who fed them meth, or kidnapped them, or did something that would make the writer not want to see that family again. I wanted to see my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/i-wasn-t-in-a-position-that-some-other-memoirists-are-dealing-with/)

[Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/)

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## More by Leigh Newman

> [Resisting and avoiding pain sucks energy-and time. The more you let yourself feel those minute-and-a-half hells, the quicker you'll start feeling those minute-and-a-half happinesses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/resisting-and-avoiding-pain-sucks-energy-and-time-the-more-you-let/)

[Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/)

> [“Pain only seems scary while you're waiting for it to happen. After it does, it's just hurt and recovery.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/pain-only-seems-scary-while-you-re-waiting-for-it-to-happen-after-it/)

[Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/)

> [I turned what was a wonderful case of self-reliance into a case of self-exile. Which is not uncommon, I think, in people who grow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/i-turned-what-was-a-wonderful-case-of-self-reliance-into-a-case-of/)

[Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/)

> [I wasn't in a position that some other memoirists are, dealing with families who fed them meth, or kidnapped them, or did something that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/i-wasn-t-in-a-position-that-some-other-memoirists-are-dealing-with/)

[Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/)

> [It feels like people talk a lot, in their relationships and in therapy. But my family wasn't like that. My dad wasn't and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/it-feels-like-people-talk-a-lot-in-their-relationships-and-in-therapy/)

[Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/)

> [The minute I landed back in Alaska, it was back to hip boots and fish guts. This cultural flipping wasn't easy - especially on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/the-minute-i-landed-back-in-alaska-it-was-back-to-hip-boots-and-fish/)

[Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/)

> [Often, I think that my brothers were the reason I didn't do something really stupid in my teenage years; I didn't want to disappoint…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/often-i-think-that-my-brothers-were-the-reason-i-didn-t-do-something/)

[Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/)

> [My natural inclination is to think in scenes. So that's how I write, and the issue for me is usually: what to compress for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/my-natural-inclination-is-to-think-in-scenes-so-that-s-how-i-write/)

[Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/)

> [The tough thing is how to cultivate a life where the paramecium of happiness gets a lot of chances to get out and swim…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/the-tough-thing-is-how-to-cultivate-a-life-where-the-paramecium-of/)

[Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/)

> [There's a kind of intimacy that happens between a mother and an only child. Which only gets more intimate when it's between a mother…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/there-s-a-kind-of-intimacy-that-happens-between-a-mother-and-an-only/)

[Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/)

> [My dad felt pretty strongly that I know about the basic workings of a plane and so he taught me how to read and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/my-dad-felt-pretty-strongly-that-i-know-about-the-basic-workings-of-a/)

[Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/)

> [ Penning an advice column for the literary website The Rumpus, \[Strayed\] worked anonymously, using the pen name Sugar, replying to letters from readings suffering… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/penning-an-advice-column-for-the-literary-website-the-rumpus-strayed/)

[Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/)

> [After my parents divorced, my father remarried and my brothers were born when I was twelve and sixteen. I was thunderstruck at these kids.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/after-my-parents-divorced-my-father-remarried-and-my-brothers-were/)

[Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/)

> [It's much harder when you're writing about your life, than when you're writing fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/it-s-much-harder-when-you-re-writing-about-your-life-than-when-you-re/)

[Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/)

> [“Can't lives on won't street.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-newman/can-t-lives-on-won-t-street/)

[Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-newman/)

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