Emily Maroutian

Author of 15+ books on what it means to be human. Still trying to figure it out.

Lived & Learned

What life has taught me through experience.

Pondering & Wandering

Things I’m still thinking through and figuring out.

Written & Bound

My books, quotes, and previously written work.

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Pondering & Wandering

Jun 20, 2026

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3 min read

The Grasshopper I Tried to Save

I've been carrying a small memory around for a while now. It’s not a dramatic one. No one else was there, nothing about it seemed important while it was happening. If I described it in a single sentence, it would sound like nothing at all. But it has stayed with me the way certain small things do, quietly and stubbornly, long after they should have faded.

Emily Maroutian

Lived & Learned

Jun 2, 2026

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2 min read

The People Who Carry Keys

As you move through life, you will meet people who carry keys. At first, they might seem like ordinary people. Some will stay for years. Some will only pass through briefly. Some will become deeply important to you. Others might leave wounds behind. But regardless of how long they stay, many of them will arrive carrying something you need for the next part of your journey.

Emily Maroutian

Lived & Learned

May 19, 2026

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3 min read

What I Now Know About Healing

For a long time, I wrote about healing from the place I understood it at the time. I wrote about the realizations, the breakthroughs, the inner work, the painful patterns that had to be named before they could be changed.

Emily Maroutian

Written & Bound

Quote Expansion: The Safer Option Can Still Cause Harm

May 8, 2026

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4 min read

Quote Expansion: The Safer Option Can Still Cause Harm

The Expansion: I’ve never really believed in the safer option. Not in the way people usually mean it. Not as a promise. Not as a guarantee. Not as some protected path where nothing can hurt you if you choose correctly enough.

Emily Maroutian

Lived & Learned

How Do You Deal with The Chaos of The World?

Apr 30, 2026

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2 min read

How Do You Deal with The Chaos of The World?

I have been asked this question many times before. As incidents of violence, war, or chaos flood the news stream, someone will usually send me a DM or an email with a question like this: How do you deal with the chaos of the world?

Emily Maroutian

Pondering & Wandering

Apr 23, 2026

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4 min read

A Quiet Writer in a Loud World

For most of my career, I’ve been able to exist as a writer without needing to be seen personally. The work spoke for me. The ideas carried me forward. The connection happened somewhere distant and quiet, between the page and the reader.

Emily Maroutian