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1 " This book is a memoir - not of specific life events, but of the processes of dissociation, and of re-enlivening emotions that are shameful to admit or even to feel. It is an account of the altered states that trauma induces, which make it possible to survive a life-threatening event but impair the capacity to feel fear, and worse still, impair the ability to love. (292) "
― Jessica Stern , Denial: A Memoir of Terror
2 " Sometimes I dream that I'm writing a memoir. A memoir would just be the thing to keep me in the hearts and memories of my adoring public. "
― John Green , The Fault in Our Stars
3 " Writing a memoir is a holistic method of learning and healing by placing responsibility for personal transformation on the spiritual authority of the self. Writing a person’s life story is useful to gain a comprehensive understanding regarding a person’s maturation, distinctive stages of personal development, and the influences provided by their family and society. The writing processes also serves as a catharsis for painful personal events that a person seeks to integrate into their transmuting being. Writing our personal story, we discover new dimensions of our being. "
4 " I don't need to write a memoir of my life. All you need to do is read one of my books. I'm there. "
― Lori Lesko
5 " Dante Alighieri wrote his first book in the prosimetrum genre – La Vita Nuova – in 14th century Florence. Since I’m compiling this collection – my first indie publication – in Florence, just blocks from Dante’s house, and since his book involves a lost love, and ‘A New Life,’ I thought it fitting to emulate this style in my own casual, intuitive fashion. My hope is that the juxtaposition of poems, journal entries, essays and prose will create a story; a memoir in anarchistic vignettes. "
― Jalina Mhyana , Dreaming in Night Vision: A Story in Vignettes
6 " In 2005, my mad half, HER was born... ME & HER: a Memoir of Madness, 2012. "
7 " One of the things I learned about writing a memoir is you can’t drag the reader through everything. Every human life is worth 20 memoirs. "
― Andre Dubus III
8 " Cruel Harvest by Fran Elizabeth Grubb is a memoir that will touch your heart. "
― Fran Elizabeth Grubb , Cruel Harvest
9 " 'Amazing Grace' is not a book of interviews or onetime snapshots. It's a memoir of a journey that took me into a place I had never been and took over two years of my life. I don't think the people in this book would have said the things to me that they did if they perceived me as a reporter. "
10 " I have written a memoir here and there, and that takes its own form of selfishness and courage. However, generally speaking, I have no interest in writing about my own life or intruding in the privacy of those around me. "
11 " When it was suggested that I write a memoir I said, 'I'm not old enough. I'm not distinguished enough.' But I went home and sat down to write, and the material for the book just came flooding into my hands. "
