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“Legend has it the Ernest Hemingway was once challenged to write a story in six words. Papa came back swinging with ‘For sale: baby shoes, never worn.’ SMITH Magazine, an online magazine that celebrates storytelling, asked ‘What would a six-word memoir look like?’ ” The following six-word memoirs are excerpts from their publication, Not Quite What I Was Planning Six-Word Memoirs By Famous & Obscure Writers.

Wasted time regretted so life reinvented. -Vicky Oppus

Fourteen years old, story still untold. -David Gidwani

My reach always exceeds my grasp. -Ray Garraud

Found great happiness in insignificant details. -Alisdair McDiarmid

Never really finished anything, except cake. -Carletta Perkins

Learning disability, MIT. Never give up. -Joe Keselman

Doing more for less is life. -Rondell Conway

Anything’s possible with an extension cord. -BillySTRR

Painful nerd kid, happy nerd adult. -L.J. Williamson

Brought it to a boil, often. -Mario Batali

Danced in Fields Of Infinite Possibilities. -DeepakChopra

Cursed with cancer. Blessed with friends. -Hannah Davies

Business school? Bah! Pop music? Hurrah! -Max Robins

Used to add. Now I subtract. -Melissa Gorelick

Taking a lifetime to grow up. -Mirona Iliescu

I colored outside of the lines. -Jacob Thomas

No words can describe my life. -John Baldridge

I take photographs. I see life. -Daniel James

ONE LIFE. SIX WORDS. What’s Yours?