Memoirists wish to tell their mind, not their story.
It's always a thrilling risk to say exactly what you mean, to express exactly what you see.
The materials of true poetry are always humble, absolutely idiosyncratic, the autobiographical tatters that, in gifted hands, are made into the memoir that fits us all.
I could tell you stories-if only stories could tell what I have in me to tell.
Fundamentally, [prayer] is a position, a placement of oneself.
It is hard to sever the cords that tie us to our slavery and leave intact those that bind us to ourselves.