The Condemned Quotes

“I learned that pacifism has power”
― Shari Lopatin, The Condemned: A memoir told through selected early works of short stories, essays, and poetry

“It's amazing how small a family can become”
― Shari Lopatin, The Condemned: A memoir told through selected early works of short stories, essays, and poetry

“I sometimes forget; the word "God" makes humans do crazy things.”
― Shari Lopatin, The Condemned: A memoir told through selected early works of short stories, essays, and poetry

“They say to lose your dreams is to love hope, and hope is what inspires us to live.”
― Shari Lopatin, The Condemned: A memoir told through selected early works of short stories, essays, and poetry

“People call me a monster, but that's because they don't have what it takes to survive. This is the world they choose. Now deal with it.”
― Shari Lopatin, The Condemned: A memoir told through selected early works of short stories, essays, and poetry

“My life is a war, and I am the enemy. Fighting myself in this never-ending battle, I will not win. nor lose”
― Shari Lopatin, The Condemned: A memoir told through selected early works of short stories, essays, and poetry

“That's when it hit me. Building that name, that voice, that presence is so important for the success writers crave, that I forgot the most essential aspect of writing is living.”
― Shari Lopatin, The Condemned: A memoir told through selected early works of short stories, essays, and poetry