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“A sacred illness is one that educates us and alters us from the inside out, provides experiences and therefore knowledge that we could not possibly achieve in any other way, and aligns us with a life path that is, ultimately, of benefit to ourselves and those around us.”

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Deena Metzger

Deena Metzger is an American writer born on September 17, 1936. Her works encompass poetry, fiction, and prose, known for their profound individualism and focus on social justice. more

“A story: A man fires a rifle for many years, and he goes to war. And afterward he turns the rifle in at the armory, and he believes he’s finished with the rifle. But no matter what else he might do with his hands, love a woman, build a house, change his son’s diaper; his hands remember the rifle.”

Men Years Believe War Matter Stories Hands Might Remember Turns House Fire Son No Matter What Finished Rifles Diapers

Book:Jarhead: A Solder's Story of Modern War

Source: Jarhead: A Solder's Story of Modern War

“Right now in American writing there is no genre as exciting as memoir - the writer can do anything, as long as it works. It's like the 1920s up in this joint. So, I'd say, experiment with how you tell the story. In the best memoir it's not the what, it's how the writer tells the what - meaning and effect through form.”

Writing Long Stories Form Can Do Effects Right Now Exciting Experiments Memoir Genre Working It Joints

Author:Anthony Swofford

“How you spend your money is how you vote on what exists in the world”

World Vote

Author:Vicki Robin

“It is easier to tell our therapist about our sex life than it is to tell our accountant about our finances.”

Sex Easier Finance Therapists Accountants

Book:Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Ind ependence: Revised and Updated for the 21st Century

Source: Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Ind ependence: Revised and Updated for the 21st Century

“I looked at Mum and realized -- twang! -- that she was telling an untruth. A big untruth. And I remember thinking in that instant how thrilling and grown-up it must be to say something so completely untrue, as opposed to the little amateur fibs I was already practiced at -- horrid little apprentice sinner that I was --like the ones about you'd already said your prayers or washed under the fingernails. Yes, I was impressed. I too must learn to say these gorgeous untruths. Imaginary kings and queens would be my houseguests when I was older.”

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