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Jim Harrison was an American author born on December 11, 1937, and passed away on March 26, 2016. Known for his poetry, novels, and essays, his works have been widely appreciated by readers.

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Famous Jim Harrison Quotes

“I would rather give full vent to all human loves and disappointments, and take a chance on being corny, than die a smartass.”

Giving Humans Dies Chance Risk Disappointment Corny Take A Chance Spectrum Human Love Smartass

Book:Conversations with Jim Harrison

Source: Conversations with Jim Harrison

“When we die we are only stories in the minds of others, I thought”

Mind Stories Dies

Book:The Road Home

Source: The Road Home

“It is easy to forget that in the main we die only seven times more slowly than our dogs.”

Dies Easy Forget Dog Seven

Book:The Road Home

Source: The Road Home

“I like grit, I like love and death, I'm tired of irony. ... A lot of good fiction is sentimental. ... The novelist who refuses sentiment refuses the full spectrum of human behavior, and then he just dries up. ... I would rather give full vent to all human loves and disappointments, and take a chance on being corny, than die a smartass.”

“Perhaps when we die our names are takenfrom us by a divine magnet and are freeto flutter here and there within the bodies of birds.I'll be a simple crowwho can reach the top of Antelope Butte.(From: Hard Times)”

Hard Body Dies Names Simple Divine Bird Hard Times Here And There Magnet Antelopes

Author:Jim Harrison

About the Author

Born: December 11, 1937
Died: March 26, 2016
Known for: Author
Quotes: 105

Books & Sources

Conversations with Jim HarrisonRelated source material

Off to the Side: A MemoirRelated source material

In Search of Small GodsRelated source material

The English Major: A NovelRelated source material

The Road HomeRelated source material

True NorthRelated source material

Just Before DarkRelated source material

Songs of UnreasonRelated source material

The Shape of the Journey: New & Collected PoemsRelated source material

After Ikkyu & Other PoemsRelated source material

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