For me, writing is inseparable from thinking. I could say the entire undertaking is a vast cerebral construct against my demons. It's… — Kathryn Harrison Copy Share Image
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… — Kathryn Harrison Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in the intersection between our rational and our unconscious lives. — Kathryn Harrison Copy Share Image
“If complete enlightenment demands relinquishing the self, then complete enlightenment implies the acceptance of mortality. Not that there isn't more to being enlightened than… — Kathryn Harrison Copy Share Image
Sometimes there's a sort of tear in the veil, and there are people who live in more than one dimension. — Kathryn Harrison Copy Share Image
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… — Kathryn Harrison Copy Share Image
“There must be many of us whose lives have been divided into a before and after, with an accident, a death, a crime, a… — Kathryn Harrison Copy Share Image
The dizzy rapture of starving. The power of needing nothing. By force of will I make myself the impossible sprite who lives on air,… — Kathryn Harrison Copy Share Image
“It's terrible to live believing that everything you do is of the utmost importance.” — Kathryn Harrison Copy Share Image
I can't work out much about myself or what I see in the world around me unless I do it through writing. — Kathryn Harrison Copy Share Image
There aren't many people in our history who have so completely surrendered themselves to a mission that they would give up their lives for… — Kathryn Harrison Copy Share Image
