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title: "1 Looked Older Quotes By Laura Anderson Kurk"
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> [“On the best nights, he’d appear outside the bookstore window and wait for me to unlock the door. He usually hadn’t had time to shower between doing things with cattle and horses and coming to find me, and he looked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/on-the-best-nights-he-d-appear-outside-the-bookstore-window-and-wait/)

[Laura Anderson Kurk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-anderson-kurk/)

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## More by Laura Anderson Kurk

> [“But I understood, now, that we don’t live only for ourselves. We’re connected by millions of shared experiences and dreams and nightmares, all tied…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/but-i-understood-now-that-we-don-t-live-only-for-ourselves-we-re/)

[Laura Anderson Kurk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-anderson-kurk/)

> [“Let’s go to town,” Jo said. “Take me to eat dinner at the hotel.” I sucked in a breath and stared at her for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/let-s-go-to-town-jo-said-take-me-to-eat-dinner-at-the-hotel-i-sucked/)

[Laura Anderson Kurk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-anderson-kurk/)

> [“I turned my ear toward the door because I heard him breathing. When you’re alone and afraid, the simple sound of the steady in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/i-turned-my-ear-toward-the-door-because-i-heard-him-breathing-when/)

[Laura Anderson Kurk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-anderson-kurk/)

> [“Every moment of our lives we make choices. Most we don’t even know we’re making, they’re so dull or routine or automatic. Some are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/every-moment-of-our-lives-we-make-choices-most-we-don-t-even-know-we/)

[Laura Anderson Kurk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-anderson-kurk/)

> [“He’d had to fold his long legs into his desk. His boots had seen better days, and his jeans unraveled in a curiously irresistible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/he-d-had-to-fold-his-long-legs-into-his-desk-his-boots-had-seen/)

[Laura Anderson Kurk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-anderson-kurk/)

> [“I reached down and picked up a baseball bat at my feet and I flung it as hard as it could. It circled and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/i-reached-down-and-picked-up-a-baseball-bat-at-my-feet-and-i-flung-it/)

[Laura Anderson Kurk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-anderson-kurk/)

> [“I finally understood why so much monkey business happened in the backs of buses. Put us in close proximity, with wheels spinning under us,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/i-finally-understood-why-so-much-monkey-business-happened-in-the/)

[Laura Anderson Kurk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-anderson-kurk/)

> [“Here’s what I learned about life when we were going through that. We’re all human and mortal. We’re all going to suffer and die.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/here-s-what-i-learned-about-life-when-we-were-going-through-that-we/)

[Laura Anderson Kurk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-anderson-kurk/)

> [“His room was dark until he switched on his desk lamp. I sat on the floor next to his bed and watched him counting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/his-room-was-dark-until-he-switched-on-his-desk-lamp-i-sat-on-the/)

[Laura Anderson Kurk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-anderson-kurk/)

> [“I could’ve gone on and on but the truth was all that mattered. “My brother died because someone was jealous.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/i-could-ve-gone-on-and-on-but-the-truth-was-all-that-mattered-my/)

[Laura Anderson Kurk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-anderson-kurk/)

> [“I’d known cruelty in a school—cruelty that would keep these amateurs up all night. But this kind of scene—crowds batting around a person because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/i-d-known-cruelty-in-a-school-cruelty-that-would-keep-these-amateurs/)

[Laura Anderson Kurk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-anderson-kurk/)

> [“Uncommon anxiety came to us in common hours when other people were doing mundane things like taking out the trash or checking their phones.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/uncommon-anxiety-came-to-us-in-common-hours-when-other-people-were/)

[Laura Anderson Kurk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-anderson-kurk/)

> [“With a damp palm, I turned the knob and cracked open the door. She was asleep in her freshly made bed. I can’t explain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/with-a-damp-palm-i-turned-the-knob-and-cracked-open-the-door-she-was/)

[Laura Anderson Kurk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-anderson-kurk/)

> [“1. All glass will break. 2. I am made of glass. 3. Therefore, I will break.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/1-all-glass-will-break-2-i-am-made-of-glass-3-therefore-i-will-break/)

[Laura Anderson Kurk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-anderson-kurk/)

> [“Quit worrying so much about the boards and nails of your life. Focus on the stuff that lasts.” He glanced through the window toward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anderson-kurk/quit-worrying-so-much-about-the-boards-and-nails-of-your-life-focus/)

[Laura Anderson Kurk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-anderson-kurk/)

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