“So as the years draw on toward the Biblical limit, the inclination to look back, and to tell some sort of story of what one has seen, grows upon most of us.” YearsLooksStoriesGrowsGrowing UpLimitsDrawsBiblicalInclination Author:Mary Augusta Ward
“For nearly a century the psychoanalysts have been writing op-ed pieces about the workings of a country they've never traveled to, a place that, like China, has been off-limits. Suddenly, the country has opened its borders and is crawling with foreign correspondents, neurobiologists are filing ten stories a week, filled with new data. These two groups of writers, however, don't seem to read each other's work. That's because the analysts are writing about a country they call Mind and the neuroscientists are reporting from a country they call Brain.” WritingMindHas BeensTwoCountryStoriesSeemsBrainPiecesGroupsWeekCenturyTenLimitsFilledChinaDataBordersTraveledAnalystsCrawlingFiling Author:Susanna Kaysen
“It isn't enough to have had an interesting or hilarious or tragic life. Art isn't anecdote. It's the consciousness we bring to bear on our lives. For what happened in the story to transcend the limits of the personal, it must be driven by the engine of what the story means.” MeanArtEnoughStoriesInterestingConsciousnessOur LivesHappenedBearsLimitsArt IsDrivenTragicEnginesAnecdotesTragic Life Book:Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There Source: Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There