“We are reading the story of our lives
As though we were in it
As though we had written it.”
Mark Strand (1934–2014) Canadian-American poet, essayist, translator
Cheney Aide Charged With Lying in Leak Case New York Times (October 29, 2005) http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/29/politics/29leak.html?pagewanted=all
“We are reading the story of our lives
As though we were in it
As though we had written it.”
Mark Strand (1934–2014) Canadian-American poet, essayist, translator
Marianne Williamson (1952) American writer
Twitter https://twitter.com/marwilliamson (2 Oct 2019) <br class="br">Williamson's quotes in social media
Nicholas Sparks (1965) American writer and novelist
Nicholas Sparks, Chapter 16, p. 303
2000s, Three Weeks with My Brother (2004)
Julie Taymor (1952) American film and theatre director
Bill Moyers interview (2002)
Context: We always write stories of tragedies because that's how we reach our human depth. How we get to the other side of it. We look at the cruelty, the darkness and horrific events that happened in our life whether it be a miscarriage or a husband who is not faithful. Then you find this ability to transcend. And that is called the passion, like the passion of Christ. You could call this the passion of Frida Kahlo, in a way.
When I talk about passion, and I'm not a religious person, but I absolutely am drawn and attracted to the power of religious art because it gets at that most extreme emotion of the human experience.
Raid Jahid Fahmi (1950) Iraqi politician
Interview with Al Jazeera (25 May 2018)
“What a horrible system we had. How blind we were.”
Hans Frank (1900–1946) German war criminal
To Leon Goldensohn, July 20, 1946, from "The Nuremberg Interviews" by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately - History - 2004
Clarence Thomas (1948) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
1990s, I Am a Man, a Black Man, an American (1998)
Laura Dern (1967) American actress, director, producer
On the message of the 2018 drama film "The Tale".
New Zealand Herald interview (June 2018)