Words I Wish I Wrote Paperback - 1999
by Robert Fulghum
America's most popular philosopher, the author of the publishing juggernaut "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten" and the recent bestseller "True Love", shares the words and wisdom of others who have guided and inspired him.
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On review, Fulghum explains, everything he has ever said and thought and written is transparent to him now. As hard as he has tried to speak in his own voice, much of what he's said is neither original nor unique. The best ideas are often old and are continually being revived, recycled, renewed. Wherever his search took him, Fulghum found that someone else has been there before. And more often than not, that person has chosen words Fulghum wishes he had written, using language he can't improve upon. To Fulghum, however, this isn't a discouraging realization. It's a recognition of companionship, which is an affirming consolation.
The confirming statements, quotes, and credos that Fulghum recorded in his journals for years are collected here, representing the most important ideas underlying his living and thinking. They are organized thematically into such chapters as Companions, God, Bene-Dictions, Contra-Dictions, Simplify, and Believe. Each begins with Fulghum's own insightful, introductory words, followed by inspiring passages drawn from a diverse group of sources, from Jerry Garcia toAlbert Camus, Dylan Thomas to Franz Kafka. At the end of each chapter, Fulghum offers readers his own personal commentary on the sources -- where he was introduced to their words, why he returns to them again and again, and how they may change you.
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- Title Words I Wish I Wrote
- Author Robert Fulghum
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 6th
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1999-04-07
- ISBN 9780060932220 / 0060932228
- Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
- Dimensions 8.07 x 5.32 x 0.57 in (20.50 x 13.51 x 1.45 cm)
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- Chronological Period: Modern
- Religious Orientation: Christian
- Library of Congress subjects Conduct of life, Quotations
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97018981
- Dewey Decimal Code 808.882
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