“On Sundays, the pretending felt almost as natural as nature. The chapel was our favorite place. Long before we could understand what… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“She was still loping around on all fours, her fists blue-white from the strain. As if she were holding a secret tight… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“The baby turtles are turning away from the ocean. It's easy to see why. The black waves lap up the moonbeams, and… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“Granana lives on the other side of the island. She's eighty-four, I'm twelve, and Wallow's fourteen, so it's a little ambiguous as… — 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
“ INERTIA: Unless an object is acted on by friction from an outside force, it will spiral through space, in the same… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“In the beginning, fifty hours sounded like a bleak ocean of time, more hours than Sawtooth wanted to spend with himself, let… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“My fingers curl through the holes in the wicker, through the wet grass beneath it, trying to hold tight to the sharp… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“It's unclear whether Brauser was trying to hit Franz Josef or Rangi. I hope it was the former. There's one difference between… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“I just want to tell her that I'm sorry," Wallow says softly. He doesn't know that I'm awake. He's talking to himself,… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“It's go time.' He takes my elbow and gentles me down the planks with such tenderness that I am suddenly very afraid.… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
