Best Memior Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Most likely, they were writing the same type of macho bullshit that I wrote, trying to sound tough with their words in case words were all that made it home.”

Words Soldier Deployment Memior

Book:Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Source: Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

“I wanted to be seen, but I didn't want to be watched.”

Life Women Being Seen Memior

Book:Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir

Source: Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir

“The receptionist is confused. "That was quick," she observes. My client booked a thirty-minute session. We used fifteen. "He tried to slap me on the arse while I was on top," I explain, "He slapped himself on the nutsack.”

Humor Sex Work Memior

Author:Rayne Constantine

“He was a nobody. Yet and still, he held the gun and therfore all of the power.”

War Africa African Authors Liberia Wesley Memior The Walk Lamin Brima Chantale

Author:Brima Lamin & Chantale Wesley-Lamin, The Walk - Memoir of a Liberian Civil War Survivor, 2016

“The challenge that comes into sharp relief is whether we are willing to give up all we have to follow Him, to know God. Are we willing to trade up? It's a question worth asking because the answer will shape your life one way or the other.”

Non Fiction Memior Christian Literature

Book:Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World

Source: Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World

“Writing Saving My Sister was by far the most difficult yet meaningful and rewarding experience of my life,” comments author Nicole Woodruff. “After losing my sister, Amanda, to a fentanyl overdose in June 2019, I was determined to make her story matter and bring meaning to this horrible tragedy. So many families lose loved ones to this disease but often suffer in silence or feel ashamed to speak up due to addiction’s stigma. My goal with this book is to reduce this stigma, bring greater awareness to these stories, and ultimately help people in similar situations to mine know they are not alone,” continues Woodruff.”

Addiction And Recovery Memior Addiction Memoirs

Book:Saving My Sister

Source: Saving My Sister

“Eventually, I had no choice but to look at loss and pain, at all the pieces of my family's story that I didn't think I could ever understand. It was this process, recognizing the pieces, struggling to put them in order, that almost destroyed me. It's also what allowed me to live again.”

Family Emotional Mental Illness Schizophrenia Memior

Book:Everything Is Fine

Source: Everything Is Fine

“I once heard a woman who'd lost her dog say that she felt as though a color were suddenly missing from her world: the dog had introduced to her field of vision some previously unavailable hue, and without the dog, that color was gone. That seemed to capture the experience of loving a dog with eminent simplicity. I'd amend it only slightly and say that if we are open to what they have to give us, dogs can introduce us to several colors, with names like wildness and nurturance and trust and joy.”

Dog Memior

Author:Caroline Knapp

“During my first semester of medical school, I cannot know how the emotional difficulty of the actions we perform on our cadavers will help us prepare for the agonizing moments we will observe in the lives of the living.”

Science Medicine Mortality Nonfiction Anatomy Eye Opening Medical School Memior

Author:Christine Montross

“You might think Cult Girls would have a rather limited readership (ex-Jehovah's Witnesses) but I, who never bothered to learn anything about those strange people who rang my doorbell with "good news" loved it. Jehovah's Witnesses aside, this beautifully illustrated graphic novel pertains to any cult. Nicely and clearly written, it's a good harrowing story.”

Feminist Educational Comic Women Empowerment Romantic Comedy Memior Religious Trauma Cult Ethuastist Female Graphic Novels Jehovah S Witness

Book:Women And The Comics

Source: Women And The Comics

“disclaimer:This is a work of nonfiction, but it is also full of dreams, speculations, and shadows. Many names have been changed.”

Dreams Shadows Memior Nonficton

Book:The Ticking Is the Bomb: A Memoir

Source: The Ticking Is the Bomb: A Memoir

“No matter your political affiliation, it’s an honor and a privilege to meet the sitting president of the United States. You are in the presence of someone who commands respect for taking the hardest job in the world.” Fairy Tale Interrupted: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Loss”

Inspirational President Friendship Memior Loss Of Friend Trenzio

Author:RoseMarie Trenzio

“For it is in suffering that one recognizes beauty.”

Child Abuse Memior Amazon Kindle Child Diary Cyndi Burrough Disfuntional Family Only In Suffering Do You Recognizing Beauty

Book:Recognizing Beauty

Source: Recognizing Beauty

“The Story Is Unbelievable but When You read it You Come to Realize That the Story Must Be True Because Nobody Can Make This Story Up”

Friendship Travel Coming Of Age Memior

Author:Gary Orleck

“We can make entire worlds and literally rewrite history through the magic of writing. We have the power to occupy the mind and I appreciate the gravity of that situation, you should also.”

Inspirational Poetry Christianity Self Help Nonfiction Autobiography Traumatic Experiences Memior

Book:Take a look inside of me.: Volume 1

Source: Take a look inside of me.: Volume 1