Quotes by : Meghan Daum

Life is mostly an exercise in being something other than what we used to be while remaining fundamentally....

I have a distinct memory, dating back to 1989 or so, of sitting around with my college dorm mates talking....

For my mother’s entire life, her mother was less a mother than splintered bits of shrapnel she carried....

There's more than one way to be a person. Actually, there are more than two or three ways. You'd think....

I always tell writers that it's good to have an area of expertise. It's a really practical answer, I....

Analyzing data from 79 men and women who wore inconspicuous devices that recorded some of their conversations....

At some point in my early forties I realized that my primary goal in just about any verbal exchange is....

In the history of the world, a whole story has never been told.

My goal in life is to be content. By that I don't mean "fine" or "basically satisfied." I don't mean....

Novelty has a way of intensifying memory. The less often you do something, the deeper the memory burrows....