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Mary Karr is an American poet born on January 16, 1955. Her work is known for its raw and candid style, particularly for her memoir poetry. Karr's poetry and prose delve into personal experiences, family relationships, and emotional struggles, which have resonated with readers.

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“Sure the world breeds monsters, but kindness grows just as wild.”

World Life Grows Kindness Monsters

Book:The Liars' Club: A Memoir (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Source: The Liars' Club: A Memoir (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

“Your heart, Mary Karr, he'd say. His pen touched my sternum, and it felt for all the world like the point of a dull spear as he said, Your heart knows what your head don't. Or won't.”

Knows World Heart Said Felt Dull Touched Pens Mary Spears

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“I'm bred for farm work, and for such folk, the only A's you get come from effort. Strife and strain are all the world can offer, and they temper you into something unbreakable because Lord knows they'll try -- without let up -- to break you.”

Knows World Trying Effort Lord Break Offers Folks Farms Temper Strife Strain Unbreakable

Author:Mary Karr

“If you live in the dark a long time and the sun comes out, you do not cross into it whistling. There's an initial uprush of relief at first, then-for me, anyway- a profound dislocation. My old assumptions about how the world works are buried, yet my new ones aren't yet operational.There's been a death of sorts, but without a few days in hell, no resurrection is possible.”

Ifs World Firsts Long Dark Sun Hell Long Time Crosses Profound Assumption Relief Buried Resurrection Initials Whistling Dislocation

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“Be willing to be a child and be the Lilliputian in the world of Gulliver.”

World Writing Children Willing Yankee Stadium Gulliver

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“I always say that a poet loves the world, and the prose writer needs to create an alternative world.”

World Needs Poet Alternatives Prose

Author:Mary Karr

“Most great writers suffer and have no idea how good they are. Most bad writers are very confident. Be willing to be a child and be the Lilliputian in the world of Gulliver, the bat girl in Yankee Stadium. That’s a more fruitful way to be.”

World Way Children Ideas Suffering Girl Willing No Idea Bats Yankees Stadiums Great Writers Yankee Stadium Gulliver

Author:Mary Karr

About the Author

Born: January 16, 1955
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 80

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