I wrote because I could not help it. There was something that I wanted to say, and I said it: that was all. The fame and the money and the usefulness might or might not follow. It was not by my endeavor if they did.


Autobiography (1877)

Harriet Martineau Quotes

I wrote because I could not help it. There was something that I wanted to say, and I said it: that was all. The fame and the money and the usefulness ...

I wrote because I could not help it. There was something that I wanted to say, and I said it: that was all. The fame and the money and the usefulness ...

I wrote because I could not help it. There was something that I wanted to say, and I said it: that was all. The fame and the money and the usefulness ...

I wrote because I could not help it. There was something that I wanted to say, and I said it: that was all. The fame and the money and the usefulness ...