Life Writing Quotes

“These then are some of my first memories. But of course as an account of my life they are misleading, because the things one does not remember are as important; perhaps they are more important.”
― Virginia Woolf, Moments of Being: A Collection of Autobiographical Writing

“We do not know our own souls, let alone the souls of others.”
― Virginia Woolf, Selected Essays

“Malone's commentary on Sonnet 93 was a defining moment in the history not only of Shakespeare studies but also of literary biography in general. What has emerged in our time as a dominant form of life writing can trace its lineage back to this extended footnote.”
― James Shapiro

“Per questo, si scrive. Si sono moltiplicate le memorie di chi vuole raccontare la vecchiaia propria o dei propri familiari, la morte di una persona cara, o quella a cui egli stesso è prossimo. Si scrive perché si pensa. Si pensa perché si vive.”
― Gabriella Caramore, L'età grande. Riflessioni sulla vecchiaia