“It was Aunt Lovey's belief that all ordinary people led extraordinary lives, but just didn't notice.” — Lori Lansens Faith Copy Share Image
Write,' she said, 'as if you'll never be read. That way you'll be sure to tell the truth. — Lori Lansens Said Copy Share Image
Because I live in California now, I find my musings really being centered in this world. — Lori Lansens California Copy Share Image
Evidence tells that black and Latina woman are more accepting of curves, and that's a good thing. — Lori Lansens Accepting Copy Share Image
“Funny how you can measure time by pets that were not even your own.” — Lori Lansens Animal Copy Share Image
The drugstore is a wonderful place to see all manner of ailments. — Lori Lansens Ailments Copy Share Image
I'm not alone in having obese people in my circle and in my family. I have loved morbidly obese people, and I… — Lori Lansens Approach Copy Share Image
I hum some secret place into being, thinking of this other me, the one that only I can see, a girl called… — Lori Lansens Girl Copy Share Image
“The final picture in the album was of Aunt Lovey and Uncle Stash, their black-and-white wedding photo. I hated that their picture… — Lori Lansens Marriage Copy Share Image
If heaven is tolerant and writers are allowed (bunch of liars though they are), I wonder if they gather for coffee to… — Lori Lansens Bunch Copy Share Image
Aunt Lovey used to tell me that if I wanted to be a writer, I needed a writer's voice. 'Read,' she'd say,… — Lori Lansens Aunt Copy Share Image
When we talk about God, I think what most of us mean is some greater thing, some higher power that can help… — Lori Lansens Access Copy Share Image
“You think about these words final last never a lot, and there are not many things, when you come right down to… — Lori Lansens Things Come Copy Share Image
When I grew up, all of our news, weather, and sports came from America. The people where I grew up rooted for… — Lori Lansens America Copy Share Image
“I can't exactly say why I've chosen to write about the things that I am writing about. There are doubtless better stories… — Lori Lansens Writer Copy Share Image
I was in the emergency room twice with heart palpitations and panic attacks. As one of my actor friends pointed out: your… — Lori Lansens Actors Copy Share Image
“Before she closed her eyes tonight, Rose said she regretted that she has not done something heroic in her life. Well, it's… — Lori Lansens Cancer research Copy Share Image
I feel, holding books, accommodating their weight and breathing their dust, an abiding love. I trust them, in a way that I… — Lori Lansens Abiding Copy Share Image
“It was only out on the cold street...that Riley began to feel the full loss of his father. Poppa, he thought, Oh… — Lori Lansens Parenting Copy Share Image
Winning the lottery is winning the lottery. It's highly unlikely and very unusual. — Lori Lansens Lottery Copy Share Image
“There's too much information out there. And not enough smart people.” — Lori Lansens Data Copy Share Image
“In sleep, my sister and I found a common breath. In dreams, we knew the moon.” — Lori Lansens Dreams Copy Share Image
The city, no matter how small, is corrupt and unrepentant, while the sun shines brighter in the country, making people more wholesome. — Lori Lansens Cities Copy Share Image
“I would not have dreamed back then, could never have imagined, that one day I would be a childless mother too.” — Lori Lansens Childless Copy Share Image
“As I grew older, I found I could surrender my own comfort so effortlessly it didn't qualify as sacrifice.” — Lori Lansens Sacrifice Copy Share Image
“I wonder if all women secretly fantasize, like me, about what it would be like to be an extraordinary beauty and bitchy… — Lori Lansens Beauty Copy Share Image
If you don't like something about yourself, change it. If you're OK with it, you gotta own it. There's nothing in between. — Lori Lansens About yourself Copy Share Image
We're seeing a decline in religion in North America but, I hope, a rise in individual spirituality. Whatever that means to people. — Lori Lansens America Copy Share Image
“You're just not always in a place for as long as you thought you'd be.” — Lori Lansens Place Copy Share Image
“Uncle Stash said you didn't have to be crazy to to do something stupid, just young.” — Lori Lansens Uncle Copy Share Image
When you stand outside, you look around and find that the people you're with live on the fringes. — Lori Lansens Fringe Copy Share Image
The world's waistlines are expanding, but it's an epidemic of a larger issue in terms of our bounty having become our burden. — Lori Lansens Bounty Copy Share Image
Now that I live in Southern California, my current world certainly speaks to me, and I sense that my next book will… — Lori Lansens Book Copy Share Image
I have had, like most women, a lifelong preoccupation with my weight. My first published short story was a love story between… — Lori Lansens Elderly Copy Share Image
