“Everyone knows that a lot of memoirs have made-up scenes; it's obvious. And everyone knows that half the time at least fictions contain literal autobiographical truths. So how do we decide what's what, and does it even matter?” KnowsDoeMadeMatterHalfFictionSceneObviousMemoirLiteral Book:Lying: A Metaphorical Memoir Source: Lying: A Metaphorical Memoir
“Much has been said about the meanings we make of illness, but what about the meanings we make out of cure? Cure is complex, disorienting, a revisioning of the self, either subtle or stark. Cure is the new, strange planet, pressing in. The doctor could not have known. And that made me, as it does every patient, only more alone.” DoeHas BeensMadeSaidSelfKnownStrangePlanetsDoctorsComplexesPatientIllnessCuresSubtleStarksMake Out Book:Prozac Diary Source: Prozac Diary
