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Dani Shapiro Quotes

The truth is in the present moment Picture Quote #1

Open your hearts. Deep inside ourselves, we are all one and the same Picture Quote #1

Part of my spiritual work is learning to live with the knowledge that we can’t protect our loved ones from pain and heartache Picture Quote #1

I never feel so alive as when I’m writing and the work is going well Picture Quote #1

Courage is more important than confidence Picture Quote #1

Strange - I’m not much of a film person. I love watching films, but they don’t stay with me the way books do. Stranger still, because my husband is a screenwriter! Picture Quote #1

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What’s more important that spiritual life? It seems to me it’s the bedrock of everything essential about being human Picture Quote #1

From spiritual connection springs kindness, connection, social activism, and love Picture Quote #1

If you are a writer or any kind of artist, if you change something as fundamental as where you live - the way you live - then I think you change the very instrument that is trying to make the art Picture Quote #1

How do we live the writer’s life? There’s only one simple answer: ‘we write.’ Picture Quote #1

Devotion, as it relates to the title of my memoir, means fidelity - as in fidelity to a person or a practice. I think it’s certainly possible to feel devotion without having faith, at least in the religious sense of the word Picture Quote #1

I do strongly identify with being Jewish. I was raised Orthodox and had a childhood complicated by the fact that my father was deeply religious and my mother was not Picture Quote #1

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It’s essential to have sacred time for writing. All successful authors have some daily commitment to keep on-track and moving forward Picture Quote #1

Confidence is highly overrated when it comes to creating literature. A writer who is overly confident will not engage in the struggle to get it exactly right on the page - but rather, will assume that she’s getting it right without the struggle Picture Quote #1

Maggie Shipstead takes hold of the reader and doesn’t let go. Astonish Me is a haunting, powerful novel Picture Quote #1

When we reach reflexively for something to dull an ache inside of us, in that very moment of reaching, we are hiding from our pain. We’re storing it away. Tamping it down Picture Quote #1

We secretly believe that if only we achieve some elusive goal - fitting into a pair of skinny jeans, or redoing our kitchen or getting that promotion - that it will make us happy. But the pain of our insecurity is hidden in all that racing around Picture Quote #1

I don’t want to lean back into the past, or forward into the future. I don’t want to wish the present moment away Picture Quote #1

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Think of a ballet dancer at the barre. Plie, eleve, battement tendu. She is practicing, because she knows that there is no difference between practice and art. The practice is the art Picture Quote #1

I knew I wanted to be a writer before I knew that being a writer was possible Picture Quote #1

My dad died when I was 23. His death was sudden and shocking - the result of a car crash - and I never got to say goodbye Picture Quote #1

I love living in the country, so much so that I’m even surprised by it. I have met lots of interesting people - the community was really welcoming, and I now probably have a more interesting social life than I did in the city Picture Quote #1

I think so much about how we read, about the nature of solitude, and of community, is changing in ways that none of us yet understand Picture Quote #1

We can’t protect ourselves from pain and heartache. In fact, to love - fully, madly, deeply - is the ensure heartache some day Picture Quote #1

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We don’t ruminate during a fight. Maybe in a bath, or driving a car, or as we take a walk. But not right smack in the middle of a dramatic moment Picture Quote #1

Sometimes, I’m driving along in my car, and a song from my high-school years comes on the radio: Springsteen’s ‘Thunder Road.’ Just the opening few chords make me want to roll down the window and let the wind blow back my hair Picture Quote #1

I’m a full-time writer, which means I have the entire day to get my work done. But that can also be bad, because that means I have the entire day to get in my way Picture Quote #1

When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I’m feeling Picture Quote #1

Moving to the country has been incredibly good for my work, for my sense of perspective Picture Quote #1

I was raised in an observant Jewish household, so for me, Hebrew prayers - the sounds, the sunlight streaming in from the stained-glass windows of a synagogue - bring my father back to me as surely as if he were sitting next to me, my head pressed against his shoulder Picture Quote #1

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The truth is in the present moment (Dani Shapiro Quotes) Open your hearts. Deep inside ourselves, we are all one and the same (Dani Shapiro Quotes) Part of my spiritual work is learning to live with the knowledge that we can’t protect our loved ones from pain and heartache (Dani Shapiro Quotes) I never feel so alive as when I’m writing and the work is going well (Dani Shapiro Quotes) Courage is more important than confidence (Dani Shapiro Quotes) Strange - I’m not much of a film person. I love watching films, but they don’t stay with me the way books do. Stranger still, because my husband is a screenwriter! (Dani Shapiro Quotes) What’s more important that spiritual life? It seems to me it’s the bedrock of everything essential about being human (Dani Shapiro Quotes) From spiritual connection springs kindness, connection, social activism, and love (Dani Shapiro Quotes) If you are a writer or any kind of artist, if you change something as fundamental as where you live - the way you live - then I think you change the very instrument that is trying to make the art (Dani Shapiro Quotes) How do we live the writer’s life? There’s only one simple answer: ‘we write.’ (Dani Shapiro Quotes) Devotion, as it relates to the title of my memoir, means fidelity - as in fidelity to a person or a practice. I think it’s certainly possible to feel devotion without having faith, at least in the religious sense of the word (Dani Shapiro Quotes) I do strongly identify with being Jewish. I was raised Orthodox and had a childhood complicated by the fact that my father was deeply religious and my mother was not (Dani Shapiro Quotes) It’s essential to have sacred time for writing. All successful authors have some daily commitment to keep on-track and moving forward (Dani Shapiro Quotes) Confidence is highly overrated when it comes to creating literature. A writer who is overly confident will not engage in the struggle to get it exactly right on the page - but rather, will assume that she’s getting it right without the struggle (Dani Shapiro Quotes) Maggie Shipstead takes hold of the reader and doesn’t let go. Astonish Me is a haunting, powerful novel (Dani Shapiro Quotes) When we reach reflexively for something to dull an ache inside of us, in that very moment of reaching, we are hiding from our pain. We’re storing it away. Tamping it down. (Dani Shapiro Quotes) We secretly believe that if only we achieve some elusive goal - fitting into a pair of skinny jeans, or redoing our kitchen or getting that promotion - that it will make us happy. But the pain of our insecurity is hidden in all that racing around (Dani Shapiro Quotes) I don’t want to lean back into the past, or forward into the future. I don’t want to wish the present moment away. (Dani Shapiro Quotes) Think of a ballet dancer at the barre. Plie, eleve, battement tendu. She is practicing, because she knows that there is no difference between practice and art. The practice is the art. (Dani Shapiro Quotes) I knew I wanted to be a writer before I knew that being a writer was possible (Dani Shapiro Quotes) My dad died when I was 23. His death was sudden and shocking - the result of a car crash - and I never got to say goodbye. (Dani Shapiro Quotes) I love living in the country, so much so that I’m even surprised by it. I have met lots of interesting people - the community was really welcoming, and I now probably have a more interesting social life than I did in the city. (Dani Shapiro Quotes) I think so much about how we read, about the nature of solitude, and of community, is changing in ways that none of us yet understand. (Dani Shapiro Quotes) We can’t protect ourselves from pain and heartache. In fact, to love - fully, madly, deeply - is the ensure heartache some day. (Dani Shapiro Quotes) We don’t ruminate during a fight. Maybe in a bath, or driving a car, or as we take a walk. But not right smack in the middle of a dramatic moment. (Dani Shapiro Quotes) Sometimes, I’m driving along in my car, and a song from my high-school years comes on the radio: Springsteen’s ‘Thunder Road.’ Just the opening few chords make me want to roll down the window and let the wind blow back my hair. (Dani Shapiro Quotes) I’m a full-time writer, which means I have the entire day to get my work done. But that can also be bad, because that means I have the entire day to get in my way. (Dani Shapiro Quotes) When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I’m feeling. (Dani Shapiro Quotes) Moving to the country has been incredibly good for my work, for my sense of perspective (Dani Shapiro Quotes) I was raised in an observant Jewish household, so for me, Hebrew prayers - the sounds, the sunlight streaming in from the stained-glass windows of a synagogue - bring my father back to me as surely as if he were sitting next to me, my head pressed against his shoulder. (Dani Shapiro Quotes)

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