I'm not consciously hiding anything.' After Ruth said that she wondered whether it was true. Then again, who revealed everything - the irritation, the fears? How tiresome that would be.

But now, well, he keeps telling me that solitude is the foundation of true wisdom, that all the brilliant thoughts in this house come as the desperate cry of one human being to another, saying, Know me, live with me in the world of my mind.

The only way to avoid competition is to set a target and make it your own competitor .

whether you’re a memoirist or not, there’s a psychic cost for lopping yourself off from the past:

Written By Mary Karr

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