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> [I'd rather get a brain tumor than go back to teaching.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/i-d-rather-get-a-brain-tumor-than-go-back-to-teaching/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

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## Other authors on Brain tumor

## More by Jim Harrison

> [“Perhaps swimming was dancing in the water, he thought. To swim under lily pads seeing their green slender stalks wavering as you passed, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/perhaps-swimming-was-dancing-in-the-water-he-thought-to-swim-under/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

> [Writing as a woman presents enormous problems but I have attempted it several times and haven't had many complaints.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/writing-as-a-woman-presents-enormous-problems-but-i-have-attempted-it/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

> [I like grit, I like love and death, I'm tired of irony. ... A lot of good fiction is sentimental. ... The novelist who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/i-like-grit-i-like-love-and-death-i-m-tired-of-irony-a-lot-of-good/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

> [It is utterly soothing to fly fish for trout. All other considerations or worries drift away and you couldn't keep them close if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/it-is-utterly-soothing-to-fly-fish-for-trout-all-other-considerations/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

> [“(from: Age Sixty-nine) There is this circle I walk that I have learned to love. I hope one day to be a spiral but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/from-age-sixty-nine-there-is-this-circle-i-walk-that-i-have-learned/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

> [“. . . another year has passed, or so they say, but calenders lie. They're a kind of cosmic business machine like their cousin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/another-year-has-passed-or-so-they-say-but-calenders-lie-they-re-a/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

> [“The head's a cloud anchor that the feet must follow. Travel light, he said, or don't travel at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/the-head-s-a-cloud-anchor-that-the-feet-must-follow-travel-light-he/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

> [After a lifetime of world travel I've been fascinated that those in the third world don't have the same perception of reality that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/after-a-lifetime-of-world-travel-i-ve-been-fascinated-that-those-in/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

> [The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is don't do it unless you're willing to give your whole life to it. Red…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/the-only-advice-i-can-give-to-aspiring-writers-is-don-t-do-it-unless/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

> [I'd rather get a brain tumor than go back to teaching.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/i-d-rather-get-a-brain-tumor-than-go-back-to-teaching/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

> [It is easy to forget that in the main we die only seven times more slowly than our dogs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/it-is-easy-to-forget-that-in-the-main-we-die-only-seven-times-more/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

> [“I had let my digust with teaching ruin my love of literature.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/i-had-let-my-digust-with-teaching-ruin-my-love-of-literature/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

> [“I seek the substantial in life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/i-seek-the-substantial-in-life/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

> [ “Birthdays are \[soul chasers,\] ghost bounty hunters that track you down to ask \[the usual question\], “Qué pasa, baby?” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/birthdays-are-soul-chasers-ghost-bounty-hunters-that-track-you-down/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

> [“Never before have the American people had their noses so deeply in one another's business. If I announce that I and eleven other diners…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/never-before-have-the-american-people-had-their-noses-so-deeply-in/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

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