One of the best things about aging is being able to watch imagination overtake memory.

- Harriet Doerr

I found I'm quite happy working on a sentence for an hour or more, searching for the right phrase, the right word. I compare it to the work of a ston…

- Harriet Doerr

During your life, everything you do and everyone you meet rubs off in some way. Some bit of everything you experience stays with everyone you've ever…

- Harriet Doerr

memories are like corks left out of bottles. They swell. They no longer fit.

- Harriet Doerr

The minute he spoke Spanish, I said, "I'm home."

- Harriet Doerr

You cannot just waste time. Otherwise you'll die to regret it.

- Harriet Doerr

I have everything I need. A square of sky, a piece of stone, a page, a pen, and memory raining down on me in sleeves.

- Harriet Doerr