"I am not alone. Whatever else there was or is, writing is with me."

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Source : Lidia Yuknavitch (2013). “The Chronology of Water: A Memoir”, p.133, Hawthorne Books

Lidia Yuknavitch

#Writing Quotes #Not Alone Quotes

“I've worked all my life on the subject of awareness, whether it's awareness of the body, awareness of the mind, awareness of your emotions, awareness of your relationships, or awareness of your environment. I think the key to transforming your life is to be aware of who you are.”
“Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem.”
“We humans have had from time unknown the compulsion to name things and thus to be able to deal with them. The name we give to something shapes our attitude toward it. And in ancient thought the name itself has power, so that to know someone's name is to have a certain power over him. And in some societies, as you know, there was a public name and a real or secret name, which would not be revealed to others.”
“For me, singing is the most natural thing in the world. I've grown up with it and I know I've got that gift.”
“By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times over.”
“Medicare is paid for by the American taxpayer. Medicare belongs to you. Medicare is for seniors, who many of them are on fixed income, to lift them out of poverty.”
“Eighteen months ago I weighed 95kg and had a 40-inch waist. Now the waist is down to 34 inches and I weigh nearly 98kg.”
“You're trying not to tell him you love him, and you're trying to choke down the feeling, and you're trembling, but he reaches over and he touches you, like a prayer for which no words exist, and you feel your heart taking root in your body, like you've discovered something you don't even have a name for.”

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