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> [“In so doing, I resisted the descent into what the school counselors called low self-esteem. Self-esteem is the dark, distorted shadow of self-possession. Self-esteem gazes inward and wills the inner eye to like what it sees; self-possession looks inward only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-swallow-prior/in-so-doing-i-resisted-the-descent-into-what-the-school-counselors/)

[Karen Swallow Prior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-swallow-prior/)

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## More by Karen Swallow Prior

> [“Brontë was attempting to depict a character that adheres to the unchanging principles of her faith though she refused conformity to the particular practices…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-swallow-prior/bront-was-attempting-to-depict-a-character-that-adheres-to-the/)

[Karen Swallow Prior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-swallow-prior/)

> [“If the right book can save your soul, then perhaps the wrong ones can damn it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-swallow-prior/if-the-right-book-can-save-your-soul-then-perhaps-the-wrong-ones-can/)

[Karen Swallow Prior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-swallow-prior/)

> [“It is no coincidence that the term “voice” has come to mean in modern usage much more than just the sound made by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-swallow-prior/it-is-no-coincidence-that-the-term-voice-has-come-to-mean-in-modern/)

[Karen Swallow Prior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-swallow-prior/)

> [“When my youth group leader told all of the kids in youth group that he had burned all of his rock albums, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-swallow-prior/when-my-youth-group-leader-told-all-of-the-kids-in-youth-group-that/)

[Karen Swallow Prior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-swallow-prior/)

> [“Even in their reading, More charged, too many women were prone to superficiality. In search of a passing knowledge of books and authors, many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-swallow-prior/even-in-their-reading-more-charged-too-many-women-were-prone-to/)

[Karen Swallow Prior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-swallow-prior/)

> [“Nothing defined the latter half of England's Victorian age more than the way in which Darwin's claims shook the collective faith of Victorian society.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-swallow-prior/nothing-defined-the-latter-half-of-england-s-victorian-age-more-than/)

[Karen Swallow Prior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-swallow-prior/)

> [“Thomas Merton says, “Discovering vocation does not mean scrambling toward some prize just beyond my reach but accepting the treasure of true self I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-swallow-prior/thomas-merton-says-discovering-vocation-does-not-mean-scrambling/)

[Karen Swallow Prior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-swallow-prior/)

> [“Discovering truth is a process that occurs over time, more fully with each idea or book that gets added to the equation. Sure, many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-swallow-prior/discovering-truth-is-a-process-that-occurs-over-time-more-fully-with/)

[Karen Swallow Prior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-swallow-prior/)

> [“What good literature can do and does do—far greater than any importation of morality—is touch the human soul.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-swallow-prior/what-good-literature-can-do-and-does-do-far-greater-than-any/)

[Karen Swallow Prior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-swallow-prior/)

> [“From that moment, and for the rest of my life, my mother's words--perceptive and many others--have helped me to be the thing she saw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-swallow-prior/from-that-moment-and-for-the-rest-of-my-life-my-mother-s-words/)

[Karen Swallow Prior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-swallow-prior/)

> [“God who spoke the world into existence with words is, in fact, the source of meaning of all words. My journey toward that discovery…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-swallow-prior/god-who-spoke-the-world-into-existence-with-words-is-in-fact-the/)

[Karen Swallow Prior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-swallow-prior/)

> [“The more I thought about it, the more I realized that reading—that is, really reading, interpreting—literature is practice for reading and interpreting life. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-swallow-prior/the-more-i-thought-about-it-the-more-i-realized-that-reading-that-is/)

[Karen Swallow Prior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-swallow-prior/)

> [“In so doing, I resisted the descent into what the school counselors called low self-esteem. Self-esteem is the dark, distorted shadow of self-possession. Self-esteem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-swallow-prior/in-so-doing-i-resisted-the-descent-into-what-the-school-counselors/)

[Karen Swallow Prior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-swallow-prior/)

> [“I mistook non-conformity for freedom and in so doing found myself anything but free. For it is in conformity to one's true nature that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-swallow-prior/i-mistook-non-conformity-for-freedom-and-in-so-doing-found-myself/)

[Karen Swallow Prior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-swallow-prior/)

> [“It’s true of most couples, I suspect, particularly of young ones like us in the fresh stage of love as we were to fool…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-swallow-prior/it-s-true-of-most-couples-i-suspect-particularly-of-young-ones-like/)

[Karen Swallow Prior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-swallow-prior/)

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