How much smaller the large places are once we're grown up, when we have car keys and credit cards.
Mary KarrMotherโs particular devils had remained mysterious to me for decades. So had her past. Few born liars ever intentionally embark in truthโs direction, even those who believe that such a journey might axiomatically set them free.
Mary KarrMost great writers suffer and have no idea how good they are. Most bad writers are very confident. Be willing to be a child and be the Lilliputian in the world of Gulliver, the bat girl in Yankee Stadium. Thatโs a more fruitful way to be.
Mary KarrYour heart, Mary Karr, he'd say. His pen touched my sternum, and it felt for all the world like the point of a dull spear as he said, Your heart knows what your head don't. Or won't.
Mary Karr