Invitations to speak upon public occasions are among my most grievous embarrassments. Why is it inferred that one is or can be a public speaker because she has written a book? Writing is a very private business. I do not… — Corra May Harris Copy Share Image
Once you grow accustomed to being famous, you do not realize it, but you are never quite your humble, honest self. No matter how… — Corra May Harris Copy Share Image
Maybe I shall never achieve happiness, but one thing I have had - the terrible wisdom of love. — Corra May Harris Copy Share Image
As I have grown older I am more and more convinced that I have not grown up, that my powers have not come to… — Corra May Harris Copy Share Image
There is something in the quality of the French mind to which I have always felt a reluctant kinship. They are the only people… — Corra May Harris Copy Share Image
If you wish to collect complimentary material for a record of yourself, never appeal to your relations. They may be proud of you as… — Corra May Harris Copy Share Image
Not everything you hear about yourself can be considered good publicity. And if you have delicate sensibilities, the currycomb of public imagination frequently rubs… — Corra May Harris Copy Share Image
The deadly monotony of Christian country life where there are no beggars to feed, no drunkards to credit, which are among the moral duties… — Corra May Harris Copy Share Image
Invitations to speak upon public occasions are among my most grievous embarrassments. Why is it inferred that one is or can be a public… — Corra May Harris Copy Share Image
Mere words will not do. They must convey the color, charm, and pulse of life. They must have a private twinkle of wit in… — Corra May Harris Copy Share Image
No one has yet had the courage to memorialize his wealth on his tombstone. A dollar mark would not look well there. — Corra May Harris Copy Share Image
I remember being very smart, which is a form of stupidity. I try not to remember it, but it occurs to me that I… — Corra May Harris Copy Share Image
