I wasn't in a position that some other memoirists are, dealing with families who fed them meth, or kidnapped them, or did something that would make the writer not want to see that family again. I wanted to see my family. I wanted to celebrate them. I was proud of who we were, in the wilderness, floating down rapids or hiking over glaciers, and everywhere else.
While you can't keep your heart from getting broken, you can stop breaking your own heart...once you realize the difference between what you can cont… - Leigh Newman
While you can't keep your heart from getting broken, you can stop breaking your own heart...once you realize the difference between what you can cont…
- Leigh Newman
I made myself a rule: write out of love. And when you love somebody, you have to tell the truth about who they are - not the cute "truth" in your hea… - Leigh Newman
I made myself a rule: write out of love. And when you love somebody, you have to tell the truth about who they are - not the cute "truth" in your hea…
After the age of seven, I began living between my dad in Alaska and my mother in Baltimore. Every three or four months, I would fly the 5,000 miles b… - Leigh Newman
After the age of seven, I began living between my dad in Alaska and my mother in Baltimore. Every three or four months, I would fly the 5,000 miles b…
The most reliable path to glory is base brute effort. - Leigh Newman
The most reliable path to glory is base brute effort.
Most dreams are also part reality (otherwise we wouldn’t believe them), and reality happens to be a condition that gives you plenty of chances throug… - Leigh Newman
Most dreams are also part reality (otherwise we wouldn’t believe them), and reality happens to be a condition that gives you plenty of chances throug…
I've managed to create intimacy with people I know, and people that I don't know. The longer things stay inside of us, the more we think they are bla… - Leigh Newman
I've managed to create intimacy with people I know, and people that I don't know. The longer things stay inside of us, the more we think they are bla…
There are still things out there in the universe to contemplate and spend our lives chasing. - Leigh Newman
There are still things out there in the universe to contemplate and spend our lives chasing.
I turned what was a wonderful case of self-reliance into a case of self-exile. Which is not uncommon, I think, in people who grow really early and ha… - Leigh Newman
I turned what was a wonderful case of self-reliance into a case of self-exile. Which is not uncommon, I think, in people who grow really early and ha…
It's much harder when you're writing about your life, than when you're writing fiction. - Leigh Newman
It's much harder when you're writing about your life, than when you're writing fiction.
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