Top 46 Quotes by Kathryn Harrison

About Kathryn Harrison

These are some quotes by American author Kathryn Harrison Author, who was born on March 20, 1961.

The Russian revolution is one of history's car wrecks. We do know the ending, but we continue to watch. It expresses aspects of human nature we find unacceptable.

The Russian revolution is one of history's car wrecks. We do know the ending, but we continue to watch. It expresses aspects of human nature we find unacceptable.

Kathryn Harrison

By the time Joan of Arc was 16 and had proclaimed herself the virgin warrior sent by God to deliver France from her enemies, the English, she had been receiving the counsel of angels for three years.

By the time Joan of Arc was 16 and had proclaimed herself the virgin warrior sent by God to deliver France from her enemies, the English, she had been receiving the counsel of angels for three years.

Kathryn Harrison

How much of a book review is about the reviewer? Sometimes it's mostly about the reviewer!

How much of a book review is about the reviewer? Sometimes it's mostly about the reviewer!

Kathryn Harrison

Whether writing fiction or nonfiction, I've never had the sense I was 'making up' a character. It feels more like watching people reveal themselves, ever more deeply, more intimately.

Whether writing fiction or nonfiction, I've never had the sense I was 'making up' a character. It feels more like watching people reveal themselves, ever more deeply, more intimately.

Kathryn Harrison

For years, the place I really lived - the world I watched, the one I thought and wrote about - was 15th-century France.

For years, the place I really lived - the world I watched, the one I thought and wrote about - was 15th-century France.

Kathryn Harrison

I've always been interested in the intersection between our rational and our unconscious lives.

I've always been interested in the intersection between our rational and our unconscious lives.

Kathryn Harrison

The least likely of military leaders, Joan of Arc changed the course of the Hundred Years' War and of history.

The least likely of military leaders, Joan of Arc changed the course of the Hundred Years' War and of history.

Kathryn Harrison

I was the good girl who never needed disciplining, who made straight A's. I applied and was accepted to Stanford University.

I was the good girl who never needed disciplining, who made straight A's. I applied and was accepted to Stanford University.

Kathryn Harrison

I like vampires, tuberculosis, anything to do with blood. Then I read a biography of Rasputin and found out he'd had this daughter who had become a famous lion tamer and been billed as the daughter of the mad monk who was able to hypnotize animals with her eyes. It gave me a vision.

Kathryn Harrison

One of the things I find exciting about Joan of Arc is how clearly the story of her life reveals the creation of myth, a process in which every one of us is involved - every one of us who tells stories and all those who listen, each informing the other.

Kathryn Harrison

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