"Yet one new trend I do like coming from mainstream publishers right now is memoirs tied to research that explores the narrator's dilemma."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Debra Monroe

#Dilemma Quotes #Memoir Quotes

“Ah, the first step in humility: Listening.”
“Life is too short for any vain regretting... Between the swift sun's rising and its setting, we have no time for useless tears or fretting, life is too short.... Time is the best avenger if we wait, the years speed by, and on their wings bear healing, life is too short for aught but high endeavor-too short for spite, but long enough for love. And love lives on forever and forever.”
“I just want to be funny, I just want to do comedy.”
“Faith-healing is peculiar enough at the best of times, but applying it to football merits a special league of barking. Why would God bother to perform a miracle that enabled Sol Campbell to yell Oh holy Jesus, now I can win the ball in the air. It's been five years since I could defend from corners, brothers and sisters, it's a miracle.”

Source : “Spot the balls” by Mark Steel, www.theguardian.com. February 3, 1999.
“I like mixing things. I wear a lot of boots. Love boots. And then jeans, but I like to wear them with a really ruffly top. Or I love high-waisted anything.”
“I grew up as a horseback rider and a volleyball player so honestly when I got a gym membership in New York, I thought I was going to die.”
“So whatever it is you want, need or desire or just like to have, you better try to get it now, 'cause this is the only time there is.”
“Kylie turned and the spirit of the murderous woman stood beside her. 'You did this, didn't you?' 'Why would I burn up my own phone?' Derek asked.”

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