“I swim with all my strength. No superhuman surge, or pony heroics; it's just me at my most desperate.” — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“I wish I could say I gulp pure courage as I run, like those brave little girls you read about in stories,… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“We keep giggling, happy and nervous, tickled by an incomplete innocence. We both sense that some dark joke is being played on… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“i haf the sownd of more words butt i coud not remember the shaps of the letters.” — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“He looks me to pieces … I realize now that I have been glimpsed and corner-of-the-eyed before, by the Chief and my… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
