Karen Cushman Quotes

I watched the early morning light pass over and through the windows of colored glass, leaving streaks of red and green and yellow on the stone floor. When I was little, I used to try and capture the colored light. I thought I could hold it in my hand and carry it home. Now I know it is like happiness-- it is there or it is not, you cannot hold it or keep it.

. . . . I cannot escape my life but can only use my determination and courage to make it the best I can.

Just because you don't know everything don't mean you know nothing.

Minds, like diapers, need occasional changing.

I think sometimes that people are like onions. On the outside smooth and whole and simple but inside ring upon ring, complex and deep.

Seems to me home is where I am loved and safe and needed.

Just as a river by night shines with the reflected light of the moon, so too do you shine with the light of your family, your people, and your God. So you are never far from home, never alone, wherever you go.

Seems to me God made a big mistake when He failed to put handles on watermelons.

. . . she dreamed of nothing, for she hoped for nothing and expected nothing. It was as cold and dark inside her as out in the frosty night.

I want to remake the world; anything less is not worth the trouble.

Fathers should make you feel safe.

Corpus Bones! I utterly loathe my life.

I have developed a rash on my body where the rough cloth rubs on my skin. I wanted to take a bath, thinking that the dirt on my skin made the rash worse, but the bathing tub has been turned upside down and is being used as an extra table in the kitchen and i cannot have it until spring, so I just spread goose grease on my rash. The dogs are following me everywhere.

Love brightens and purifies the heart.