"As a young woman, I was so eager to please that I served others' happiness and even their values before my own. It didn't earn me love, but it did deliver me to a place where I had to choose between what I thought of myself and what other people did. I chose myself."

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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

#Others Happiness Quotes #People Quotes #Young Quotes

“I've realised that I am who I am and that is it. Like it or lump it. I'm not around to please anyone any more, and it's a huge relief.”
“It is not easy to be a pretty woman without causing mischief.”
“The strongest initiative that government can take to ensure Australia is prepared for population ageing, is to maintain a strong economy, and a secure nation.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I would walk into the Carnegie Library and I would see the pictures of Booker T. and pictures of Frederick Douglass and I would read. I would go into the Savannah Public Libraries in the stacks and see all of the newspapers from all over the country. Did I dream that I would be on the Supreme Court? No. But I dreamt that there was a world out there that was worth pursuing.”
“I had that hunger, that desire, to be successful and I wasnâ€™t going to let anything stand in my way.”
“Despair and bitterness are not the only songs in the world”

Source : Stephen R. Donaldson (2012). “Lord Foul's Bane”, p.264, Del Rey
“The cold, basic truth is that you are a vital and necessary part of this world”
“If we buy ivory it makes all of us killers as well,”

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