Karen Russell Quotes
My older sister has entire kingdoms inside of her, and some of them are only accessible at certain seasons, in certain kinds of weather.
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I don't have any problem with being the guy whose album people put on when they're feeling sad.
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The march of the human mind is slow.
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To do common things perfectly is far better worth our endeavor than to do uncommon things respectably.
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I was booed at the premiere of 'Miss Julie,' a remarkably stimulating experience.
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Apartheid either is or is not. And it must not be.
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Sentences or solutions occur to me in the shower, or while running on the treadmill, or riding on the subway.
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I should have been an abortion. The only reason I wasn't was that my father was a Christian.
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Could've sworn I heard you say Amen this morning, showing some kind of sign that you believe. Did it fall from your tongue without warning? Or just another trick to fall from your sleeve?
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I suppose I could have sat back and pitied myself. For a time I wondered if I'd ever be able to go on to a stage and perform again. After a couple of weeks I began to feel I could fight my way back to health if I put my mind to it. I thought to myself: 'Pity never did anybody any good. Go on. Patsy, show 'em what you can do'
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Every sin is an act of cosmic treason, a futile attempt to dethrone God in His sovereign authority.
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I'm not being like, 'Hey, everybody, I'm pregnant!' I'm not that girl.
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When I first met my husband, I needed that helping hand to take the reins and look after me.
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It will take at least one week for the Justice Department to arrive at a final conclusion on this matter. Therefore, the committee does not anticipate taking any actions with respect to Mrs. Rich for at least one week.
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I don't think time is involved in how the thing is made.
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As soon as we are born, if we could but get up, bath, dress, shave, breakfast once for all, if we could 'cut' these monotonous cycles of routine. If the sun rose it would stay up, or once we were alive we were immortal!
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I am overcome by a feeling of complete detachment. I am a mere object to these people. I am barely human any more.
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You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
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what she loved: life, London, this moment of june.
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Expect much from yourself and little from others and you will avoid incurring resentments.
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Regrets are born of paths never taken.
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My older sister has entire kingdoms inside of her, and some of them are only accessible at certain seasons, in certain kinds of weather.
