And a lot of people, I mean, across all the six-word memoir projects, they talk about their parents, of course, the influence, but their grandparents. And I think it's because in some sense, like, ...

“To be or not to be.” That’s Shakespeare — you might know him. “Britney Spears goes off the rails.” That’s on the cover of tabloids. “I love you” holds such power. A few words can distill lifetimes.

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As a founding editor of SMITH Magazine in 2006, Larry Smith proposed the idea of six-word memoirs as one way for people to express their life stories. The memoirs were meant as interpretations and ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. It’s remarkable how much can be packed into just six words. Inspired by ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - If you were asked to sum up your life in six words would it be a work of triumph -- or tragedy? "Not quite what I was planning," is a book of six word memoirs compiled by ...