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Mary Karr Quotes

American - Poet | January 16, 1955 -

When I got sober, I thought giving up was saying goodbye to all the fun and all the sparkle, and it turned out to be just the opposite. That's when the sparkle started for me.

Fun Me Goodbye Saying Sparkle Sober

I'm doomed to act like myself, even when it's inconvenient!

Myself Act Like Even Doomed

There are women succeeding beyond their wildest dreams because of their sobriety.

Dreams Women Beyond Sobriety Because

I was 40 years old before I became an overnight success, and I'd been publishing for 20 years.

Success Old Overnight Success Years

Young writers often mistakenly choose a certain vein or style based on who they want to be, unconsciously trying to blot out who they actually are. You want to escape yourself.

Style Yourself Trying You Choose

The emotional stakes a memoirist bets with could not be higher, and it's physically enervating. I nap on a daily basis like a cross-country trucker.

Daily Nap Emotional Like Higher

I do have a really good memory. I mean, like, I can remember all the phone numbers of everybody on the street I grew up on.

Good Memory Remember Phone I Can Up

I get about five memoirs per week in my mailbox, and few of them inspire anything but a desire to pick up the channel changer.

Inspire Week Desire Up Anything Get

Childhood was terrifying for me. A kid has no control. You're three feet tall, flat broke, unemployed, and illiterate. Terror snaps you awake. You pay keen attention. People can just pick you up and move you and put you down.

Childhood People Me Control Feet

I believe in God, but even if you don't, you can believe in a self, the person who is innately who you are. Once you fully become that person, then everything you do will be blessed.

God Blessed Believe Self You Person

I always thought my family was so bizarre, so when people started coming up to me and saying, 'My family was exactly like yours,' I was completely knocked out.

Family People Me Saying Thought Out

Having a great dad probably permitted me to pal around with guys in a way that some women don't.

Women Great Me Way Some Guys

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