146 Quotes About Memoirs

"A person of average intelligence is capable of learning useful life lessons through the act of self-examination."

"I realize my life here is much richer than I ever could have imagined. [Why one Canadian immigrant to Italy stays]"

"The reality is that when you visit Italy, you'll be hijacked by relatives of all sorts; the entire family tree is waiting to meet you. [A hyphenated Italian's risk]"

"I spent the next couple of hours either walking around with a gelato in my hand or on my knees in church asking to be forgiven for the sin of gluttony."

"Lives of great men all remind usWe can make our lives sublime,And, departing, leave behind usFootprints on the sands of time."

"Your whole life and the story of your journey is the landscape picture on the front of the box of a 1,000 piece puzzle. The pieces are each a small sticky note that ends in mid-sentence. You simply need to figure out where each one starts and ends."

"I quickly became aware that the phrase "it can only get better" could very quickly turn into "it could always be worse," because it was."

"But I do earnestly desire to arouse the women of the North to a realizing sense of the condition of two millions of women at the South, still in bondage, suffering what I suffered, and most of them far worse. I want to add my testimony to that of abler pens to convince the people of the Free States what Slavery really is. Only by experience can any one realize how deep, and dark, and foul is that pit of abominations."

"I was born in the house my father built."