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.

  Karen Cushman

  Morning, Home, Yellow

  Karen Cushman (2014). “Catherine, Called Birdy”, p.58, Pan Macmillan

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

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  Determination, Use, I Can

  Karen Cushman (2012). “Catherine, Called Birdy”, p.163, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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

  Karen Cushman

  Mean, Knows

  Karen Cushman (2012). “The Midwife's Apprentice”, p.85, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• 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.

  Karen Cushman

  Home, Moon, Night

  Karen Cushman (2014). “Catherine, Called Birdy”, p.11, Pan Macmillan

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

  Karen Cushman

  Home, Safe, Needed

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

  Karen Cushman

  Simple, Thinking, People

  Karen Cushman (1994). “Catherine, Called Birdy”, p.157, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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

  Karen Cushman

  Mistake, Food, Made

  Karen Cushman (1996). “The Ballad of Lucy Whipple”, p.123, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Minds, like diapers, need occasional changing.

  Karen Cushman

  Mind, Needs, Diapers

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• Love brightens and purifies the heart.

  Karen Cushman

  Heart

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

  Karen Cushman

  World, Want, Trouble

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• . . . 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.

  Karen Cushman

  Dark, Night, Cold

  Karen Cushman (2012). “The Midwife's Apprentice”, p.2, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Corpus Bones! I utterly loathe my life.

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  Bones, Loathe, Corpus

  Karen Cushman (2014). “Catherine, Called Birdy”, p.72, Pan Macmillan

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• Fathers should make you feel safe.

  Karen Cushman

  Father, Safe, Should

  Karen Cushman (2006). “The Loud Silence of Francine Green”, p.103, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• 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.

  Karen Cushman

  Dog, Spring, Thinking

  Karen Cushman (2014). “Catherine, Called Birdy”, p.28, Pan Macmillan

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