Author: Kathryn Harrison

Quotes

Lives that are so conspicuous have a claustrophobic feeling. Once you're in charge of running a country, you're under scrutiny all the time. That's a trap.

Lives that are so conspicuous have a claustrophobic feeling. Once you're in charge of running a country, you're under scrutiny all the time. That's a trap.

- Kathryn Harrison

I'm always sorry to finish a book, to let go of characters I love, people I've struggled to understand for years, people who evolve before me.

I'm always sorry to finish a book, to let go of characters I love, people I've struggled to understand for years, people who evolve before me.

- Kathryn Harrison

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

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

Rasputin's daughter understands the revolution. She would have been an outsider, a spectator in the royal family and to the revolution.

Rasputin's daughter understands the revolution. She would have been an outsider, a spectator in the royal family and to the revolution.

- Kathryn Harrison

I admire cool renderings of hot topics.

I admire cool renderings of hot topics.

- Kathryn Harrison

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