Katharine Butler Hathaway quotes

Katharine Butler Hathaway was an American diarist and author known for her candid and introspective writing. Born in 1890, Hathaway overcame a debilitating spinal disease to pursue a life of writing and self-discovery. Her best-known work, "The Little Locksmith," is a powerful memoir that chronicles her struggles and triumphs. Hathaway's fearless honesty and poetic prose have won her a devoted following among readers seeking inspiration and insight. Learn more about Katharine Butler Hathaway and her enduring legacy as a writer and feminist icon.

A person needs at intervals to separate himself from family and companions and go to new places. He must go without his familiars in order to be open to influences, to change.

- Katharine Butler Hathaway

There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.

- Katharine Butler Hathaway

I would sort out all the arguments and see which belonged to fear and which to creativeness. Other things being equal, I would make the decision which had the larger number of creative reasons on its side.

- Katharine Butler Hathaway

If you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, your life will be safe, expedient and thin.

- Katharine Butler Hathaway