To write about one's life is to live it twice, and the second living is both spiritual and historical, for a memoir reaches deep within the personality as it seeks it narrative form.
— Patricia Hampl, Leaving a Trace by Alexandra JohnsonTo write about one's life is to live it twice, and the second living is both spiritual and historical, for a memoir reaches deep within the personality as it seeks it narrative form.
— Patricia Hampl, Leaving a Trace by Alexandra Johnson