---
title: "1 Felt Heat Quotes By MacDonald Harris"
description: "1 Felt Heat quotes by MacDonald Harris. Plus more from MacDonald Harris and more Felt Heat sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ae/macdonald-harris-42712_bones_it-was-a-part-of-myself-that-was-my-enem_2072985.jpg"
---

> [It was a part of myself that was my enemy; I still had a childish illusion that the flesh on my own bones was somehow unique and precious to the universe, in some obscure corner of my mind I wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/macdonald-harris/it-was-a-part-of-myself-that-was-my-enemy-i-still-had-a-childish/)

[MacDonald Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/macdonald-harris/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ae/macdonald-harris-42712_bones_it-was-a-part-of-myself-that-was-my-enem_2072985.jpg)

## More by MacDonald Harris

> [The resentment I felt inside was not hatred for being imprisoned or for Victor who had betrayed me but something deeper: a rebellion against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/macdonald-harris/the-resentment-i-felt-inside-was-not-hatred-for-being-imprisoned-or/)

[MacDonald Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/macdonald-harris/)

> [“I was naked and he had more possessions than he could use all at once. I was the proletarian, he was the capitalist, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/macdonald-harris/i-was-naked-and-he-had-more-possessions-than-he-could-use-all-at-once/)

[MacDonald Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/macdonald-harris/)

> [Who doesn't have a dark place somewhere inside him that comes out sometimes when he's looking in a mirror? Dark and light, we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/macdonald-harris/who-doesn-t-have-a-dark-place-somewhere-inside-him-that-comes-out/)

[MacDonald Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/macdonald-harris/)

> [“Somewhere on the bottom of the Pacific is a copy of The Forsyte Saga I heaved overboard one afternoon. I very quickly saw what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/macdonald-harris/somewhere-on-the-bottom-of-the-pacific-is-a-copy-of-the-forsyte-saga/)

[MacDonald Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/macdonald-harris/)

> [It was a part of myself that was my enemy; I still had a childish illusion that the flesh on my own bones was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/macdonald-harris/it-was-a-part-of-myself-that-was-my-enemy-i-still-had-a-childish/)

[MacDonald Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/macdonald-harris/)

> [Alcohol was for people who basically wished to be dead but lacked the courage to kill themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/macdonald-harris/alcohol-was-for-people-who-basically-wished-to-be-dead-but-lacked-the/)

[MacDonald Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/macdonald-harris/)

> [“Is there anybody who would like to have written on his forehead a record of the places where he has slept? We are all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/macdonald-harris/is-there-anybody-who-would-like-to-have-written-on-his-forehead-a/)

[MacDonald Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/macdonald-harris/)

> [The books were a private part of me that I carried inside and guarded and didn't talk to anybody about; as long as I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/macdonald-harris/the-books-were-a-private-part-of-me-that-i-carried-inside-and-guarded/)

[MacDonald Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/macdonald-harris/)

> [What happened was simple, even banal: I became naked, died, lost parts of my flesh and most of my ego along with a few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/macdonald-harris/what-happened-was-simple-even-banal-i-became-naked-died-lost-parts-of/)

[MacDonald Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/macdonald-harris/)

> [But I know too that if we ever make a world without shadow, if the chemists and scientists and psychologists succeed in abolishing fear,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/macdonald-harris/but-i-know-too-that-if-we-ever-make-a-world-without-shadow-if-the/)

[MacDonald Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/macdonald-harris/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/felt-heat/macdonald-harris/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 Felt Heat Quotes By MacDonald Harris",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "It was a part of myself that was my enemy; I still had a childish illusion that the flesh on my own bones was somehow unique and precious to the universe, in some obscure corner of my mind I wanted the others to love me and make exceptions for me simply because I felt heat and cold, pain and loneliness as they did. Now this was gone once and for all, and I understood there were no exceptions and on one was invulnerable, we all had to share the same conditions and in the end this was simply mortality, the mortality of things as well as ourselves. After that I didn't expect anybody to love me...",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "MacDonald Harris"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/macdonald-harris/it-was-a-part-of-myself-that-was-my-enemy-i-still-had-a-childish/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ae/macdonald-harris-42712_bones_it-was-a-part-of-myself-that-was-my-enem_2072985.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ae/macdonald-harris-42712_bones_it-was-a-part-of-myself-that-was-my-enem_2072985.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ae/macdonald-harris-42712_bones_it-was-a-part-of-myself-that-was-my-enem_2072985.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“It was a part of myself that was my enemy; I still had a childish illusion that the flesh on my own bones…” — MacDonald Harris",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/felt-heat/macdonald-harris/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/felt-heat/macdonald-harris/",
            "name": "Felt Heat Quotes by MacDonald Harris",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/felt-heat/macdonald-harris/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ae/macdonald-harris-42712_bones_it-was-a-part-of-myself-that-was-my-enem_2072985.jpg"
            },
            "description": "1 Felt Heat quotes by MacDonald Harris. Plus more from MacDonald Harris and more Felt Heat sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/felt-heat/macdonald-harris/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/felt-heat/macdonald-harris/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Felt Heat",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/felt-heat/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "MacDonald Harris",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/felt-heat/macdonald-harris/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```