Showing posts with label Mary Karr. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mary Karr. Show all posts

Friday, August 3, 2018

Quote of the Day

Don't make the mistake of comparing your twisted-up insides to people's blow-dried outsides.  

-- Mary Karr

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Mary Karr:

That's why I pray and poetize: to be able to see my brothers and sisters despite my own (often petty) agonies, to partake of the majesty that's every sinner's birthright.

Sinners Welcome, p. 93

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Mary Karr:

Poetry and prayer alike offer such instantaneous connection -- one person groping from a dark place to meet with another in an instant that strikes fire.

Sinners Welcome, p. 92