230 Quotes by Mary Karr

I find a great deal of comfort and care in my faith and prayer. I’d sooner do without air than prayer.

What would you write if you weren’t afraid?

If your goal is to polish up a fake person you can sell to a public you perceive as dumb, the unexamined life will do perfectly well, thank you.

People who didn't live pre-Internet can't grasp how devoid of ideas life in my hometown was. The only bookstores sold Bibles the size of coffee tables and dashboard Virgin Marys that glowed in the dark.

I'm always terrified when I'm writing.