Celebrate Quote by 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 would make the writer not want to see that family again. I wanted to see my family. I wanted to celebrate them. I was proud of who we were, in the wilderness, floating down rapids or hiking over glaciers, and everywhere else.”
![“It was actually fun to write [memoir], because I went back to interview people my parents had taught or who had worked with them, and I learned a lot about them that I hadn't known.” quote by Condoleezza Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3e0/condoleezza-rice-807_fun_it-was-actually-fun-to-write-memoir-beca_270664.jpg)
![“Penning an advice column for the literary website The Rumpus, [Strayed] worked anonymously, using the pen name Sugar, replying to letters from readings suffering everything from loveless marriages to abusive, drug-addicted brothers to disfiguring illnesses. The result: intimate, in-depth essays…” quote by Leigh Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e91/leigh-newman-15257_abusive_penning-an-advice-column-for-the-literar_645510.jpg)
