Instead of a book, what if we're actually writing (or not writing) in the margins of our lives? What if our lives are books? What is the sign of our presence? Are we pressing into the margins our interpretations and questions? Are we circling offending verbs and drawing furious arrows to the margin where we scrawl "irony, " "frustration, " "voiceless, " "unfair! " Or do we simply turn the pages, passively receiving what's given, furiously disagreeing but remaining silent about it? . Patti Digh
About This Quote

This quote is about the process of writing a book, rather than the finished product. The author posits that life is created not just by what we write in books or articles, but also by the margin notes, comments, and questions that we leave behind. What are you leaving behind?

Source: Life Is A Verb: 37 Days To Wake Up, Be Mindful, And Live Intentionally

Some Similar Quotes
  1. It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not. - Unknown
  2. Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it can. - Nicholas Sparks
  3. The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person. - Chuck Palahniuk
  4. Where there is love there is life. - Mahatma Gandhi
  5. It hurts to let go. Sometimes it seems the harder you try to hold on to something or someone the more it wants to get away. You feel like some kind of criminal for having felt, for having wanted. For having wanted to be wanted.... - Henry Rollins
More Quotes By Patti Digh
  1. Instead of a book, what if we're actually writing (or not writing) in the margins of our lives? What if our lives are books? What is the sign of our presence? Are we pressing into the margins our interpretations and questions? Are we circling offending...
  2. And by knowing what we fear, don't we know what we care about, how we are measuring our worth, what success looks like?" I asked. So isn't fear helpful, then?
  3. What if your art could provide everything you ever needed or wanted in life?
  4. If you're alive, you're creative.
  5. We can create a different future - one simple, beautifully mundane, daily decision at a time.
Related Topics