Rebecca McClanahan

Professions :

Born :

October 23, 1951

To name the world in your own terms, to tell your own story, is an act of authority and power. When you write, you are saying, in effect, 'I have a voice. I have a story. This is what I have to say.'

Rebecca McClanahan

voice names writing

Memory is an act of meaning-making. It collects the disparate pie... by Rebecca McClanahan

Memory is an act of meaning-making. It collects the disparate pieces of our lives and distills them.

Rebecca McClanahan

our-lives pieces memories

I fall into books the way I fall into lust - wholly, hungrily. by Rebecca McClanahan

I fall into books the way I fall into lust - wholly, hungrily.

Rebecca McClanahan

reading book fall

Effective metaphor does more than shed light on the two things being compared. It actually brings to the mind's eye something that has never before been seen. It's not just the marriage ceremony linking two things; it's the child born from the union.

Rebecca McClanahan

eye two children

Of the five senses, smell is the one with the best memory. by Rebecca McClanahan

Of the five senses, smell is the one with the best memory.

Rebecca McClanahan

five-senses smell memories

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Betty Shabazz

Irena Sendler

Dorothea Dix

Hildegard Peplau

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