Theft by Finding: Diaries 1977-2002
David Sedaris
Top 10 Best Quotes
“That's the thing with a diary, though. In order to record your life, you sort of need to live it. Not at your desk, but beyond it. Out in the world where it's so beautiful and complex and painful that sometimes you just need to sit down and write about it.”
“I'm not a misogynist. I'm a misanthrope. I hate everyone equally.”
“The nice thing about crowds is that someone can throw a bottle and you don't take it personally.”
“You haven't lived until you've sailed”
“March 30, 1998 Because I was in a bind with my BBC story, I devoted most of my day to defrosting the freezer.”
“Half the people I know have dead animals in their freezers: reptiles, birds, mammals. Is that normal?”
“I realized I was a teacher when I felt warm during class and got up to open the door. Later on there was noise in the hallway, so I got up and shut it. Students can't open and close the door whenever they feel like it.”
“February 16, 1988 Reasons to live: 1. Christmas 2. The family beach trip 3. Writing a published book 4. Seeing my name in a magazine 5. Watching C. grow bald 6. Ronnie Ruedrich 7. Seeing Amy on TV 8. Other people’s books 9. Outliving my enemies 10. Being interviewed by Terry Gross on “Fresh Air”
“Adrienne started teaching a few months ago in Denver and wrote that it leaves you with a constant feeling of deceiving people. That you know nothing they don't, or couldn't learn on their own if they cared to.”
“September 14, 2001 What killed me, what killed many of us, was the very end: "My home sweet home." Because, whatever else Paris might be, this _is not_ our home, it's just the place where we have our jobs or apartments. How could we have forgotten that?”
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