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Kathryn Harrison Quotes

I wrote ‘The Kiss’ 12 hours a day for six months Picture Quote #1

I work in a small study on the top floor of a brownstone in Brooklyn - it’s about 75 square feet, 11 taken up by book shelves along one wall Picture Quote #1

Because the kind of nonfiction I write has a plot, the events and transactions that make up a life, nonfiction offers me a break from plotting Picture Quote #1

I was raised by maternal grandparents who were born in 1890 and 1899, respectively. They were British subjects; George V was the cousin of the tsar. The Romanovs were very real in their household Picture Quote #1

Whether writing fiction or nonfiction, I’ve never had the sense I was ‘making up’ a character. It feels more like watching people reveal themselves, ever more deeply, more intimately Picture Quote #1

Lives that are so conspicuous have a claustrophobic feeling. Once you’re in charge of running a country, you’re under scrutiny all the time. That’s a trap Picture Quote #1

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Joan of Arc was born 600 years ago. Six centuries is a long time to continue to mark the birth of a girl who, according to her family and friends, knew little more than spinning and watching over her father’s flocks Picture Quote #1

I used to enjoy reading true crime, but I’ve discovered that I don’t have the journalism nose for blood Picture Quote #1

By the time Joan of Arc was 16 and had proclaimed herself the virgin warrior sent by God to deliver France from her enemies, the English, she had been receiving the counsel of angels for three years Picture Quote #1

I reread ‘Nicholas and Alexandra’ in my early twenties, and I never forgot the story Picture Quote #1

I’m not an investigative journalist; I don’t track crime or police blotters Picture Quote #1

One of the things I find exciting about Joan of Arc is how clearly the story of her life reveals the creation of myth, a process in which every one of us is involved - every one of us who tells stories and all those who listen, each informing the other Picture Quote #1

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I am perfectly capable of writing things about myself that one doesn’t discuss in polite company, but I was raised by people who said you don’t discuss politics, you don’t discuss religion, and you certainly don’t discuss people’s sex lives Picture Quote #1

The least likely of military leaders, Joan of Arc changed the course of the Hundred Years’ War and of history Picture Quote #1

The Russian revolution is one of history’s car wrecks. We do know the ending, but we continue to watch. It expresses aspects of human nature we find unacceptable Picture Quote #1

I remember seeing my father only twice as a child for brief visits. As I grew up, I invented a father who was larger than life - stronger, smarter, more handsome, and even holier than other men Picture Quote #1

Shorter work - personal essays and book reviews - allow me to take a break from working on a book, which is good for the book and for its author Picture Quote #1

How much of a book review is about the reviewer? Sometimes it’s mostly about the reviewer! Picture Quote #1

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I’m always sorry to finish a book, to let go of characters I love, people I’ve struggled to understand for years, people who evolve before me Picture Quote #1

We know the seductive alchemy of art. To transform private anguish into a narrative of truth, if not beauty; to make sense where there was none; to bring order out of chaos - these are the promises art makes Picture Quote #1

I was the good girl who never needed disciplining, who made straight A’s. I applied and was accepted to Stanford University Picture Quote #1

I think in terms of the parents that I had, I sort of drew a bad hand, or bad karma; who knows? And I did have a family that was complicated, with some quite eccentric members. So there was a lot of grist there Picture Quote #1

I like vampires, tuberculosis, anything to do with blood. Then I read a biography of Rasputin and found out he’d had this daughter who had become a famous lion tamer and been billed as the daughter of the mad monk who was able to hypnotize animals with her eyes. It gave me a vision Picture Quote #1

I have at last admitted that not only was I angry with my mother, but, in fact, I wanted to destroy her as a child. And I was so concerned to be a woman who was different from my mother that I had this vast architecture of rules Picture Quote #1

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Like all holy figures whose earthly existence separates them from the broad mass of humanity, a saint is a story, and Joan of Arc’s is like no other Picture Quote #1

Scars are stories, history written on the body Picture Quote #1

My days are as long as despair can make them Picture Quote #1

Don’t portray yourself as who you want to be. Portray yourself as who you are Picture Quote #1

The dizzy rapture of starving. The power of needing nothing. By force of will I make myself the impossible sprite who lives on air, on water, on purity Picture Quote #1

We’re taught to expect unconditional love from our parents, but I think it is more the gift our children give us. It’s they who love us helplessly, no matter what or who we are Picture Quote #1

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I wrote ‘The Kiss’ 12 hours a day for six months (Kathryn Harrison Quotes) I work in a small study on the top floor of a brownstone in Brooklyn - it’s about 75 square feet, 11 taken up by book shelves along one wall. (Kathryn Harrison Quotes) Because the kind of nonfiction I write has a plot, the events and transactions that make up a life, nonfiction offers me a break from plotting. (Kathryn Harrison Quotes) I was raised by maternal grandparents who were born in 1890 and 1899, respectively. They were British subjects; George V was the cousin of the tsar. The Romanovs were very real in their household. (Kathryn Harrison Quotes) Whether writing fiction or nonfiction, I’ve never had the sense I was ‘making up’ a character. It feels more like watching people reveal themselves, ever more deeply, more intimately. (Kathryn Harrison Quotes) Lives that are so conspicuous have a claustrophobic feeling. Once you’re in charge of running a country, you’re under scrutiny all the time. That’s a trap. (Kathryn Harrison Quotes) Joan of Arc was born 600 years ago. Six centuries is a long time to continue to mark the birth of a girl who, according to her family and friends, knew little more than spinning and watching over her father’s flocks. (Kathryn Harrison Quotes) I used to enjoy reading true crime, but I’ve discovered that I don’t have the journalism nose for blood. (Kathryn Harrison Quotes) By the time Joan of Arc was 16 and had proclaimed herself the virgin warrior sent by God to deliver France from her enemies, the English, she had been receiving the counsel of angels for three years. (Kathryn Harrison Quotes) I reread ‘Nicholas and Alexandra’ in my early twenties, and I never forgot the story (Kathryn Harrison Quotes) I’m not an investigative journalist; I don’t track crime or police blotters (Kathryn Harrison Quotes) One of the things I find exciting about Joan of Arc is how clearly the story of her life reveals the creation of myth, a process in which every one of us is involved - every one of us who tells stories and all those who listen, each informing the other. (Kathryn Harrison Quotes) I am perfectly capable of writing things about myself that one doesn’t discuss in polite company, but I was raised by people who said you don’t discuss politics, you don’t discuss religion, and you certainly don’t discuss people’s sex lives. (Kathryn Harrison Quotes) The least likely of military leaders, Joan of Arc changed the course of the Hundred Years’ War and of history. (Kathryn Harrison Quotes) The Russian revolution is one of history’s car wrecks. We do know the ending, but we continue to watch. It expresses aspects of human nature we find unacceptable. (Kathryn Harrison Quotes) I remember seeing my father only twice as a child for brief visits. As I grew up, I invented a father who was larger than life - stronger, smarter, more handsome, and even holier than other men. (Kathryn Harrison Quotes) Shorter work - personal essays and book reviews - allow me to take a break from working on a book, which is good for the book and for its author. (Kathryn Harrison Quotes) How much of a book review is about the reviewer? Sometimes it’s mostly about the reviewer! (Kathryn Harrison Quotes) I’m always sorry to finish a book, to let go of characters I love, people I’ve struggled to understand for years, people who evolve before me. (Kathryn Harrison Quotes) We know the seductive alchemy of art. To transform private anguish into a narrative of truth, if not beauty; to make sense where there was none; to bring order out of chaos - these are the promises art makes. (Kathryn Harrison Quotes) I was the good girl who never needed disciplining, who made straight A’s. I applied and was accepted to Stanford University. (Kathryn Harrison Quotes) I think in terms of the parents that I had, I sort of drew a bad hand, or bad karma; who knows? And I did have a family that was complicated, with some quite eccentric members. So there was a lot of grist there. (Kathryn Harrison Quotes) I like vampires, tuberculosis, anything to do with blood. Then I read a biography of Rasputin and found out he’d had this daughter who had become a famous lion tamer and been billed as the daughter of the mad monk who was able to hypnotize animals with her eyes. It gave me a vision. (Kathryn Harrison Quotes) I have at last admitted that not only was I angry with my mother, but, in fact, I wanted to destroy her as a child. And I was so concerned to be a woman who was different from my mother that I had this vast architecture of rules. (Kathryn Harrison Quotes) Like all holy figures whose earthly existence separates them from the broad mass of humanity, a saint is a story, and Joan of Arc’s is like no other. (Kathryn Harrison Quotes) Scars are stories, history written on the body (Kathryn Harrison Quotes) My days are as long as despair can make them (Kathryn Harrison Quotes) Don’t portray yourself as who you want to be. Portray yourself as who you are (Kathryn Harrison Quotes) The dizzy rapture of starving. The power of needing nothing. By force of will I make myself the impossible sprite who lives on air, on water, on purity (Kathryn Harrison Quotes) We’re taught to expect unconditional love from our parents, but I think it is more the gift our children give us. It’s they who love us helplessly, no matter what or who we are (Kathryn Harrison Quotes)