I think it's really hard to be joyful. I work hard at it. I always feel like it's a choice. You can be joyful or you can be depressed, and there just doesn't seem to be any future in depression.
I was raised in a strict fundamentalist household, and I always say that gives you a muscle of belief. I want to believe in something, but I don't be… - Barbara Hamby
I was raised in a strict fundamentalist household, and I always say that gives you a muscle of belief. I want to believe in something, but I don't be…
- Barbara Hamby
One of things I write about a lot is the role of women. An older friend of mine said that she feels like there's always a tension between wanting to … - Barbara Hamby
One of things I write about a lot is the role of women. An older friend of mine said that she feels like there's always a tension between wanting to …
Travel is something that I like to do because it gives you lots of images, and it also really makes you think about your own place in the world in a … - Barbara Hamby
Travel is something that I like to do because it gives you lots of images, and it also really makes you think about your own place in the world in a …
When I was a young woman, I had this friend who was really beautiful, and she would talk about how she was losing her looks, that she wasn't as prett… - Barbara Hamby
When I was a young woman, I had this friend who was really beautiful, and she would talk about how she was losing her looks, that she wasn't as prett…
I was born in New Orleans, but I grew up in Hawaii. That was a paradise. That's a paradise I keep inside of me all the time. It's funny, I don't real… - Barbara Hamby
I was born in New Orleans, but I grew up in Hawaii. That was a paradise. That's a paradise I keep inside of me all the time. It's funny, I don't real…
Everybody spoke English in my class, and they would turn to me and say, "What's going on in your country?" I would try to explain to Austrians, Poles… - Barbara Hamby
Everybody spoke English in my class, and they would turn to me and say, "What's going on in your country?" I would try to explain to Austrians, Poles…
You want to make a representative selection, but at the same time, you want to give a sense of the whole project. I have this big conflict in my writ… - Barbara Hamby
You want to make a representative selection, but at the same time, you want to give a sense of the whole project. I have this big conflict in my writ…
I guess it was easier for me to find my voice in poetry than it was in fiction. I'm working on fiction again, and I find it a lot more difficult. It'… - Barbara Hamby
I guess it was easier for me to find my voice in poetry than it was in fiction. I'm working on fiction again, and I find it a lot more difficult. It'…
I think it's really hard to be joyful. I work hard at it. I always feel like it's a choice. You can be joyful or you can be depressed, and there just… - Barbara Hamby
I think it's really hard to be joyful. I work hard at it. I always feel like it's a choice. You can be joyful or you can be depressed, and there just…
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