"My act is sort of improvisational. I have a skeleton in my head, but no fat or skin on it."

-- Paula Poundstone

#Skeletons Quotes #Skins Quotes #Fats Quotes

“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 that not only took the letter writer's life into account but also Strayed's. Collected in a book, they make for riveting, emotionally charged reading (translation: be prepared to bawl) that leaves you significantly wiser for the experience. . . . Moving. . . . compassionate.”
“I'm very consistent about spending time with family. And when you have dinner with your daughters - they'll keep you in your place and they'll teach you something about perspective.”
“He runs a very tightly knit ship”
“When I meet somebody, I hang out with them, and it's all good, but I don't take it too seriously”
“The safe places could only be visited; they could only grant a momentary intuition of sanctuary. The moment always came when we had to return to our real life to face the wounds and grief indigenous to our homr by the river.”
“Growing up in Alaska, they don't really teach you to swim there. I learned to swim just a few summers ago with Olympic gold medalist Amanda Beard. She did great, and right after that I went to get scuba certified. I had fun with it. I didn't really get scared, but some people thought that was a risk.”
“I had to find a relationship with someone who could simultaneously make me grow up and keep me forever young.”
“Luck's a chance, but trouble's sure.”

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