32 Quotes by Patti Digh

Instead of a book, what if we're actually writing (or not writing) in the margins of our lives? What if our lives are books? What is the sign of our presence? Are we pressing into the margins our interpretations and questions? Are we circling offending verbs and drawing furious arrows to the margin where we scrawl "irony," "frustration," "voiceless," "unfair!" Or do we simply turn the pages, passively receiving what's given, furiously disagreeing but remaining silent about it?

And by knowing what we fear, don't we know what we care about, how we are measuring our worth, what success looks like?" I asked. So isn't fear helpful, then?

Take yourself out of the center of other people's universe - it will free you up and let the universe turn more easily.

We are always - always- in choice.

Change occurs at the edges, without permission.

We give up our power to the very people who took it away from us in the first place.

The shortest distance between two people is a story.

Don't say you're a writer if you're not writing. Even if you're writing, don't call yourself a writer. Say instead, 'I write.' It's the verb that's important, not the noun.

Boredom is for the selfish.