A named thing is a tamed thing. Joanne Harris More Quotes by Joanne Harris More Quotes From Joanne Harris People reveal so much of their mental processes online, simply because the psychological effect of anonymity just means that a whole raft of inhibitions are left alone when people log on. Joanne Harris psychological mean people The dead know everything but they don't give a damn. Joanne Harris dont-give-a-damn damn giving The battle of good and evil reduced to a fat woman standing in front of a chocolate shop, saying, Will I? Won’t I? in pitiful indecision. Joanne Harris chocolate battle evil From a very young age my mother persuaded me that I could write for fun, but I had to have a proper job - very good advice. Joanne Harris mother fun jobs I had a great grandmother who believed in so many strange superstitions. She used to tell the future from the things that catch on to the hem of your skirt when you've been sewing, and different colored threads would mean different things... Of course, all that influenced me quite a lot as a child. Joanne Harris great me you future I find littering very annoying. It's a minor but also a major thing: a society that litters is one that also has so little respect for the environment and, consequently, other people. If we had clean streets, a lot of other things would be fixed almost effortlessly. Joanne Harris respect environment society people In the old days of literature, only the very thick-skinned - or the very brilliant - dared enter the arena of literary criticism. To criticise a person's work required equal measures of erudition and wit, and inferior critics were often the butt of satire and ridicule. Joanne Harris person criticism literature work It may be something to do with my having been to a girls' school, but I'm far more comfortable making male friendships than female ones. My friends tend to be men and their significant others. Joanne Harris something friends men school We spoke French at home and I didn't know any English until I went to school. My mother was French and met my father when he visited France as a student on a teaching placement. Joanne Harris mother home father school The interesting thing about the Internet is that it has created a kind of alternative circle of friends for people. Joanne Harris circle friends internet people My parents were language teachers. They talked about teaching all the time and all their friends were teachers. It was considered a pre-ordained thing that I would go into teaching. Joanne Harris parents friends language time
