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Dani Shapiro is an acclaimed American author born on April 10, 1962. She is known for her works in the genres of fiction, essays, and memoirs, which are characterized by their profound emotional depth and delicate prose.

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Famous Dani Shapiro Quotes

“Let me tell you something about hypochondria: It's a pernicious, undermining little demon. It won't kill you, but it will sap the color from your life so that in the loveliest moments, the moments of grace, you are hit with that whisper in your ear that takes it all away. I'm sick, I'm dying - I just don't know it yet.”

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“We don't ruminate during a fight. Maybe in a bath, or driving a car, or as we take a walk. But not right smack in the middle of a dramatic moment.”

Moments Fighting Walks Middle Car Driving Dramatic Baths Smack

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“When a writer's whole being is poured into a piece of work, there is never enough. The feeling of finally getting to the end of a piece of work, of making it as good as you can at that moment, is more of a relief than anything else, and then you wait for reviews.”

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“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.”

Want Moments Past Wish Present Moment

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“The truth is in the present moment.”

Moments Truth Is Present Moment

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“My son is now fourteen, and from the moment he was born, I understood that forevermore my heart would be walking around outside my body.”

Heart Moments Body Would Be Born Son My Heart Walking Understood My Son Fourteen

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“Everything changes. The more I try to hold on to the moment, the more it slips through my fingers.”

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“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.”

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“Recognize the possibility of the divine in any given moment.”

Moments Given Possibility Divine

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“All there is to do, right at this very moment, is to breathe in, breathe out, and kiss the joy as it flies.”

Moments Joy Kissing Breathe

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“Our minds have a tendency to wander. To duck and feint and keep us at a slight remove from the moment at hand.”

Mind Moments Hands Tendencies Wander Remove Ducks

Book:Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life

Source: Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life

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Born: April 10, 1962
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Quotes: 121

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Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative LifeRelated source material

Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and LoveRelated source material

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Hourglass: Time, Memory, MarriageRelated source material

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