"Writing is how I stay sane. It's completely necessary."

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Source : "Why Author Kathryn Harrison Wants Her Writing to 'Destroy Your Equilibrium'". Interview with Leigh Haber, www.oprah.com. November 2014.

Kathryn Harrison

#Writing Quotes #Sane Quotes

“But the Western countries that link their partnership with the poorest countries with respect for democracy also have to consider that they have obligations towards these countries.”
“I have nothing against women. As a matter of fact there's something about them that I love, but I just can't put my finger on it.”
“I have nine children... and one of them is an invalid. Her mother is obliged to take her away in the winter, and when one bird is off the nest, the other has to go on.”
“As a scholarly discipline, economics has always suffered from physics envy.”
“I don't think of myself as a powerful person,”
“Each Fall the graves of my grandfathers call me, the brown hills and red gullies of mississippi send out their electric messages, galvanizing my genes.”

Source : Etheridge Knight (1968). “Poems from prison”
“Life is the gift of God, and is divine.”
“But time growing old teaches all things.”

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