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“We Americans are trained to think big, talk big, act big, love big, admire bigness but then the essential mystery is in the small.”

Book:Off to the Side: A Memoir

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Off to the Side: A Memoir

This memoir delves into the author's personal journey, offering insights into their life events and introspective musings. more

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Jim Harrison

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. more

“The wife picked out ceramic tile for floor covering, not realizing that cost was determined by square foot, not square yard like carpet. Thinking the price was plenty reasonable, she had an extra room of tile ordered for installation. When the bill arrived, it was staggering. She and her husband began a fight that continued all through the construction job. They ended up divorced, but not until she had broken every window.”

“I don't know what psychotherapy does. I have been seeing the same person for 26 years now.”

Knows Years Persons Doe Has Beens Literature Seeing Psychotherapy

Author:Jim Harrison

“The old fun thing is when somebody typed up the first chapter of War and Peace. And then made a precis of the rest of it and sent it out and only one publisher recognized it.”

Firsts Made War Literature Fun Chapters Publishers Fun Things

Author:Jim Harrison

“I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so well in France. He said it was because in my novels people both act and think. I got a kick out of that.”

People Thinking Writing Years Wells Said Book Literature Novel Couple Years Ago Critics France Kicks Euthanasia

Author:Jim Harrison

“I couldn't run a tight schedule, and if you're any good at teaching, you get sucked dry because you like your students and you're trying to help them, but you don't have any time left to write yourself.”

Ifs Writing Trying Helping Running Literature Left Teaching Students Like You Dry Schedules Time Left

Author:Jim Harrison

“Fishing makes us less the hostages to the horrors of making a living.”

Horror Fishing Hostage Making A Living

Author:Jim Harrison

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