“They never reminisced about the time they had to drive halfway back to Indianapolis because I’d left Dexter Poindexter, my terry-cloth penguin… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
Arriving late was a way of saying that your own time was more valuable than the time of the person who waited… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
“It was long past time to change the subject. “The boy playing the bagpipes is really good,” Prudie said. If only she’d… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
I thought there were moments to complain about your parents and moments to be grateful, and it was a shame to mix… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
“Like they say, you never know a person till you’ve done time with them.” — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
“Language does this to our memories—simplifies, solidifies, codifies, mummifies. An oft-told story is like a photograph in a family album; eventually, it… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
When there is an invisible elephant in the room, one is from time to time bound to trip over a trunk. — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
“I'm being careful with here," Harlow told me, apparently irritated by something I hadn't even had the time to say yet. She… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
“It seems to me that every time we humans announce that here is the thing that makes us unique--our featherless bipedality, our… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
“What should we read next?” Bernadette asked. “Pride and Prejudice is my favorite. So let’s do that,” Sylvia said. Are you sure,… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
“She used to grip me so tightly that the only way I could put her down was to pry her loose, one… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
“There are moments in history that seem like a mist, as if what really happens matters less that what should have happened.… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
In general, librarians enjoyed special requests. A reference librarian is someone who likes the chase. When librarians read for pleasure, they often pick a… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
The sunset you see is always better than the one you don’t. More stars are always better than less. — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
“Je zou maar slecht over hem gaan denken en dat wil ik niet, want dat is mijn taak” — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
I'm unclear on the definition of person the courts have been using. Something that sieves out dolphins but lets corporations slide on through. — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
“The secret to a good life,” he told me once, “is to bring your A game to everything you do. Even if all you’re… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
“So many problems, however infinitely varied they first appear, turn out to be matters of money. I can't tell you how much this offends… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
“The world runs,” Lowell said, “on the fuel of this endless, fathomless misery. People know it, but they don’t mind what they don’t see.… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
“I didn't want a world in which I had to choose between blind human babies and tortured monkey ones. To be frank, that's the… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
“They never reminisced about the time they had to drive halfway back to Indianapolis because I’d left Dexter Poindexter, my terry-cloth penguin (threadbare, ravaged… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
“Here is my objection to submarines and space travel: not enough windows. What difference does it make if you're in outer space or underwater,… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
. . . strange and fantastic things really happen. During a rainstorm in Australia, fish fall from the sky; several Southern states consider legislation… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
