“I'm most connected to myself when I'm alone in a room, moving my hand across a page. That's when I feel most like me.” FeelsHandsMovingRoomsPagesConnectedLike Me Author:Dani Shapiro
“I've always felt like my nose is pressed to glass. I always feel a little bit like an outsider.” FeelsLittlesFeltBitsLittle BitGlassesNosesOutsiders Author:Dani Shapiro
“I never feel so alive as when I'm writing and the work is going well.” FeelsWritingWellsAlive Author:Dani Shapiro
“When I near the end of a book, it feels as if the entire universe meets me more than halfway and supports me. The whole world seems to shimmer when I find the words. My mind quiets.” IfsWorldFeelsMindBookEndsWholeSeemsUniverseSupportWhole WorldHalfwaySupport MeShimmer Author:Dani Shapiro
“I could spend two years cross-legged on my floor and feel like I was working.” FeelsYearsTwoCrossesTwo Years Author:Dani Shapiro
“I was in my early thirties writing about my early twenties, so there was this way of seeing my younger self from enough of a distance to have perspective but also not to feel that I had to protect myself. My dreams for myself then would have undersold myself in a way.” WayFeelsWritingSelfEnoughDreamSeeingPerspectiveProtectTwentiesDistanceYounger Self Author:Dani Shapiro
“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. The truth is in the present moment. The great paradox is that when I'm really able to do that, time slows down and opens up. Time feels suddenly and inexplicably without end.” WantFeelsEndsMomentsAblePastWishTruth IsDown AndPresent MomentParadoxSlow Down Author:Dani Shapiro
“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.” ThinkingFeelsMeanPersonsReligiousPracticeDevotionMemoirRelateTitlesHave FaithFidelity Author:Dani Shapiro
