--- title: "2 Questions Know Quotes By DeSales Harrison" description: "2 Questions Know quotes by DeSales Harrison. Plus more from DeSales Harrison and more Questions Know sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1c/desales-harrison-42811_patience_what-was-she-asking-me-that-was-i-though_722444.jpg" --- > [“What was she asking me? That was, I thought, all I needed to know. That was my profession, after all; if one could never know the answers, once could, at least, know the questions. There were so few to know.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desales-harrison/what-was-she-asking-me-that-was-i-thought-all-i-needed-to-know-that/) [DeSales Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desales-harrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1c/desales-harrison-42811_patience_what-was-she-asking-me-that-was-i-though_722444.jpg) > [“What was she asking me? That was, I thought, all I needed to know. That was my profession, after all; if one could never know the answers, once could, at least, know the questions. There were so few to know.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desales-harrison/what-was-she-asking-me-that-was-i-thought-all-i-needed-to-know-that-2/) [DeSales Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desales-harrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fde/desales-harrison-42811_faith_what-was-she-asking-me-that-was-i-though_2548681.jpg) ## More by DeSales Harrison > [“Before now, it has never occurred to me that someone might pray for me. An odd sensation all the odder because I no longer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desales-harrison/before-now-it-has-never-occurred-to-me-that-someone-might-pray-for-me/) [DeSales Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desales-harrison/) > [“As a younger man, I burned with enthusiasm for my work: I was to be a warrior, the champion of reviled or exiled passions.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desales-harrison/as-a-younger-man-i-burned-with-enthusiasm-for-my-work-i-was-to-be-a/) [DeSales Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desales-harrison/) > [“What was she asking me? That was, I thought, all I needed to know. That was my profession, after all; if one could never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desales-harrison/what-was-she-asking-me-that-was-i-thought-all-i-needed-to-know-that/) [DeSales Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desales-harrison/) > [“I hate and have always hated the word therapist. I detest the idea that my work, if it is work at all, is therapeutic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desales-harrison/i-hate-and-have-always-hated-the-word-therapist-i-detest-the-idea/) [DeSales Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desales-harrison/) > [“...there was one thing she would think about when she was high, one thing she would feel: that she was transparent, not invisible, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desales-harrison/there-was-one-thing-she-would-think-about-when-she-was-high-one-thing/) [DeSales Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desales-harrison/) > [“She had come to analysis because she was, as she put it, “ruining her children.” ... “But you are so frustrating,” she said. “I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desales-harrison/she-had-come-to-analysis-because-she-was-as-she-put-it-ruining-her/) [DeSales Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desales-harrison/) > [“Do you actually hear confessions in your church, Father, actual spoken confessions? For that matter, does any priest anymore, at least as the movies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desales-harrison/do-you-actually-hear-confessions-in-your-church-father-actual-spoken/) [DeSales Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desales-harrison/) > [“Has my profession disfigured my mind, the endless hours of constant attentiveness, my ear for hire and open to all comers, my face painted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desales-harrison/has-my-profession-disfigured-my-mind-the-endless-hours-of-constant/) [DeSales Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desales-harrison/) > [“What was she asking me? That was, I thought, all I needed to know. That was my profession, after all; if one could never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desales-harrison/what-was-she-asking-me-that-was-i-thought-all-i-needed-to-know-that-2/) [DeSales Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desales-harrison/) > [“I would return to my world, to my own city and my work. I would go back to being a doctor, an expensive New…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desales-harrison/i-would-return-to-my-world-to-my-own-city-and-my-work-i-would-go-back/) [DeSales Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desales-harrison/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/questions-know/desales-harrison/#itemlist", "name": "2 Questions Know Quotes By DeSales Harrison", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“What was she asking me? That was, I thought, all I needed to know. That was my profession, after all; if one could never know the answers, once could, at least, know the questions. There were so few to know. Among my patients, every quandary and confusion proceeded from one of the few, the elemental questions: What can I change and what must I accept? Of what, of where, of whom am I the issue? 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