Giving Quote by Kathryn Harrison

“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 it.” quote by Kathryn Harrison — Download Open 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 it.”

Kathryn Harrison

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I can't work out much about myself or what I see in the world around me unless I do it through writing.

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My days are as long as despair can make them.

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Writing is how I stay sane. It's completely necessary.

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Only within yourself exists the other reality for which you long. I can give you nothing that has not already its being within yourself.…

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