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I think statistics go in one ear and out the other. All of us respond to stories more than numbers.

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I don't know where the idea originated that memoir writing is cathartic. For me, it's always felt like playing my own neurosurgeon, sans anesthesia. As a memoirist, you have to crack your head open and examine every uncomfortable thing in there.

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I grew up in a family that despised displays of strong emotion, rage in particular. We stewed. We sulked. When arguments did occur, they were full-scale conniptions, and we regarded them as family failings.

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If mothers are our first teachers, then having a narcissistic one teaches us that human closeness is terrifying, and the world is a heartless, inconsistent place.

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I think, for one, we have to really accept that anger is a normal human emotion that can be a positive force for change.

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I think when you're 14 years old, I think you're sort of looking for markers that prove you're an adult and you're independent of your parents.

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I have been a ballerina, a cheerleader and a sorority girl. I was the girliest girl alive.

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Reading Poe was like a near-death experience, the kind that makes you feel fragile and free in its wake. I felt almost as though I'd scared myself alive.

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I don't know where the idea originated that memoir writing is cathartic. For me, it's always felt like playing my own neurosurgeon, sans anesthesia.

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My short stature may have something to do with my tendency to shout when enraged. How else is anyone going to hear me way down here?

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: Unknown

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