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Mary Karr Quotes

I believe in God, but even if you don’t, you can believe in a self, the person who is innately who you are. Once you fully become that person, then everything you do will be blessed Picture Quote #1

The emotional stakes a memoirist bets with could not be higher, and it’s physically enervating. I nap on a daily basis like a cross-country trucker Picture Quote #1

Poetry is for me Eucharistic. You take someone else’s suffering into your body, their passion comes into your body, and in doing that you commune, you take communion, you make a community with others Picture Quote #1

People who didn’t live pre-Internet can’t grasp how devoid of ideas life in my hometown was. The only bookstores sold Bibles the size of coffee tables and dashboard Virgin Marys that glowed in the dark Picture Quote #1

I’m doomed to act like myself, even when it’s inconvenient! Picture Quote #1

It turned out to be impossible for me to ‘run away’ in the sense other American teenagers did. Any movement at all was taken for progress in my family Picture Quote #1

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If dysfunction means that a family doesn’t work, then every family ambles into some arena in which that happens, where relationships get strained or even break down entirely. We fail each other or disappoint each other. That goes for parents, siblings, kids, marriage partners - the whole enchilada Picture Quote #1

As a memoirist, I strive for veracity Picture Quote #1

When people suffer, their relationships usually suffer as well. Period. And we all suffer because, as the Buddha says, that’s the nature of being human and wanting stuff we don’t always get Picture Quote #1

Age about 30, I stopped looking up my books in bookstores. Paying attention to the marketplace isn’t a healthy thing for me Picture Quote #1

I’ve never contended that I had a really horrible life Picture Quote #1

Prose cannot compete with the economy of poetry, the ability to have a full artistic experience in a short period of time Picture Quote #1

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What hurts so bad about youth isn’t the actual butt whippings the world delivers. It’s the stupid hopes playacting like certainties Picture Quote #1

It was dawning on me how uphill a poet’s path was, and I confessed to her that if I had to be the choice between being happy or being a poet, I’d choose to be happy Picture Quote #1

It’s completely through prayer that I came to believe in God. I just sensed a presence south of my neck Picture Quote #1

I’d spent way more years worrying about how to look like a poet -- buying black clothes, smearing on scarlet lipstick, languidly draping myself over thrift-store furniture -- than I had learning how to assemble words in some discernible order Picture Quote #1

For me, everything’s too much and nothing’s enough Picture Quote #1

The truth is when I went to graduate school I would’ve said I was among the least talented of the students, I was certainly the least smart, or less educated. But I worked very hard Picture Quote #1

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Having a great dad probably permitted me to pal around with guys in a way that some women don’t Picture Quote #1

I find a great deal of comfort and care in my faith and prayer. I’d sooner do without air than prayer Picture Quote #1

My idea of art is, you write something that makes people feel so strongly that they get some conviction about who they want to be or what they want to do. It’s morally useful not in a political way, but it makes your heart bigger; it’s emotionally and spiritually empowering Picture Quote #1

There are all kinds of things God wants me to do that I’m very obstreperous about Picture Quote #1

Young writers often mistakenly choose a certain vein or style based on who they want to be, unconsciously trying to blot out who they actually are. You want to escape yourself Picture Quote #1

I have a completely addictive personality. Diet Coke is my last - God, I know people counting days off Diet Coke; I’m such a Diet Cokehead. Now I won’t let myself buy it Picture Quote #1

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Success has affected my self-definition in that I have more money. Writers pooh-pooh that idea, but it’s a huge deal Picture Quote #1

I’ve been teaching classes on memoirs since 1986, and I’ve been reading them all my life, and I think that I would like to write a critical book that might have some of those how-to elements in it Picture Quote #1

How much smaller the large places are once we’re grown up, when we have car keys and credit cards Picture Quote #1

Love is the only passion which includes in its dreams the happiness of someone else Picture Quote #1

He never gave up on me, I only stopped being matriculated Picture Quote #1

A dysfunctional family is any family with more than one person in it Picture Quote #1

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I believe in God, but even if you don’t, you can believe in a self, the person who is innately who you are. Once you fully become that person, then everything you do will be blessed. (Mary Karr Quotes) The emotional stakes a memoirist bets with could not be higher, and it’s physically enervating. I nap on a daily basis like a cross-country trucker (Mary Karr Quotes) Poetry is for me Eucharistic. You take someone else’s suffering into your body, their passion comes into your body, and in doing that you commune, you take communion, you make a community with others (Mary Karr Quotes) People who didn’t live pre-Internet can’t grasp how devoid of ideas life in my hometown was. The only bookstores sold Bibles the size of coffee tables and dashboard Virgin Marys that glowed in the dark (Mary Karr Quotes) I’m doomed to act like myself, even when it’s inconvenient! (Mary Karr Quotes) It turned out to be impossible for me to ‘run away’ in the sense other American teenagers did. Any movement at all was taken for progress in my family (Mary Karr Quotes) If dysfunction means that a family doesn’t work, then every family ambles into some arena in which that happens, where relationships get strained or even break down entirely. We fail each other or disappoint each other. That goes for parents, siblings, kids, marriage partners - the whole enchilada (Mary Karr Quotes) As a memoirist, I strive for veracity (Mary Karr Quotes) When people suffer, their relationships usually suffer as well. Period. And we all suffer because, as the Buddha says, that’s the nature of being human and wanting stuff we don’t always get (Mary Karr Quotes) Age about 30, I stopped looking up my books in bookstores. Paying attention to the marketplace isn’t a healthy thing for me. (Mary Karr Quotes) I’ve never contended that I had a really horrible life (Mary Karr Quotes) Prose cannot compete with the economy of poetry, the ability to have a full artistic experience in a short period of time. (Mary Karr Quotes) What hurts so bad about youth isn’t the actual butt whippings the world delivers. It’s the stupid hopes playacting like certainties. (Mary Karr Quotes) It was dawning on me how uphill a poet’s path was, and I confessed to her that if I had to be the choice between being happy or being a poet, I’d choose to be happy. (Mary Karr Quotes) It’s completely through prayer that I came to believe in God. I just sensed a presence south of my neck. (Mary Karr Quotes) I’d spent way more years worrying about how to look like a poet -- buying black clothes, smearing on scarlet lipstick, languidly draping myself over thrift-store furniture -- than I had learning how to assemble words in some discernible order. (Mary Karr Quotes) For me, everything’s too much and nothing’s enough (Mary Karr Quotes) The truth is when I went to graduate school I would’ve said I was among the least talented of the students, I was certainly the least smart, or less educated. But I worked very hard. (Mary Karr Quotes) Having a great dad probably permitted me to pal around with guys in a way that some women don’t. (Mary Karr Quotes) I find a great deal of comfort and care in my faith and prayer. I’d sooner do without air than prayer. (Mary Karr Quotes) My idea of art is, you write something that makes people feel so strongly that they get some conviction about who they want to be or what they want to do. It’s morally useful not in a political way, but it makes your heart bigger; it’s emotionally and spiritually empowering. (Mary Karr Quotes) There are all kinds of things God wants me to do that I’m very obstreperous about (Mary Karr Quotes) Young writers often mistakenly choose a certain vein or style based on who they want to be, unconsciously trying to blot out who they actually are. You want to escape yourself. (Mary Karr Quotes) I have a completely addictive personality. Diet Coke is my last - God, I know people counting days off Diet Coke; I’m such a Diet Cokehead. Now I won’t let myself buy it. (Mary Karr Quotes) Success has affected my self-definition in that I have more money. Writers pooh-pooh that idea, but it’s a huge deal. (Mary Karr Quotes) I’ve been teaching classes on memoirs since 1986, and I’ve been reading them all my life, and I think that I would like to write a critical book that might have some of those how-to elements in it. (Mary Karr Quotes) How much smaller the large places are once we’re grown up, when we have car keys and credit cards. (Mary Karr Quotes) Love is the only passion which includes in its dreams the happiness of someone else (Mary Karr Quotes) He never gave up on me, I only stopped being matriculated (Mary Karr Quotes) A dysfunctional family is any family with more than one person in it (Mary Karr Quotes)

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