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> [I have earned wages as a waitress, a nanny, a librarian, a personnel officer, an agricultural laborer, an advertising secretary, a typesetter, a proofreader, a mental-health-care provider, a substitute teacher, and a book reviewer. In and around the edges of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-hesse/i-have-earned-wages-as-a-waitress-a-nanny-a-librarian-a-personnel/)

[Karen Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-hesse/)

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## More by Karen Hesse

> [“I have a hunger, for more than food. I have a hunger bigger than Joyce City. I want tongues to tie, and eyes to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-hesse/i-have-a-hunger-for-more-than-food-i-have-a-hunger-bigger-than-joyce/)

[Karen Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-hesse/)

> [“Anyway, this time I caught her in the slow stirring of biscuits, her mind on other things, but anyhow, she was distracted enough, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-hesse/anyway-this-time-i-caught-her-in-the-slow-stirring-of-biscuits-her/)

[Karen Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-hesse/)

> [I hear the first drops. Like the tapping of a stranger at the door of a dream, the rain changes everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-hesse/i-hear-the-first-drops-like-the-tapping-of-a-stranger-at-the-door-of/)

[Karen Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-hesse/)

> [As long as you live, it is never too late to make amends. Take my advice, child. Don't waste your precious life with regrets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-hesse/as-long-as-you-live-it-is-never-too-late-to-make-amends-take-my/)

[Karen Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-hesse/)

> [And I know now that all the time I was trying to get out of the dust, the fact is, what I am, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-hesse/and-i-know-now-that-all-the-time-i-was-trying-to-get-out-of-the-dust/)

[Karen Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-hesse/)

> [“Daddy named me Billie Jo. He wanted a boy. Instead, he got a long legged girl with a wide mouth with cheekbones like bicycle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-hesse/daddy-named-me-billie-jo-he-wanted-a-boy-instead-he-got-a-long-legged/)

[Karen Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-hesse/)

> [“We might not belong to anyone else in this whole world. But us Faulstiches,we belong to each other.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-hesse/we-might-not-belong-to-anyone-else-in-this-whole-world-but-us/)

[Karen Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-hesse/)

> [The work of one author or artist may stimulate another author or artist to push the edge, to take the risk, to go where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-hesse/the-work-of-one-author-or-artist-may-stimulate-another-author-or/)

[Karen Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-hesse/)

> [“Apples Ma's apple blossoms have turned to hard green balls. To eat them now, so tart, would turn my mouth inside out, would make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-hesse/apples-ma-s-apple-blossoms-have-turned-to-hard-green-balls-to-eat/)

[Karen Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-hesse/)

> [I have earned wages as a waitress, a nanny, a librarian, a personnel officer, an agricultural laborer, an advertising secretary, a typesetter, a proofreader,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-hesse/i-have-earned-wages-as-a-waitress-a-nanny-a-librarian-a-personnel/)

[Karen Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-hesse/)

> [My father and I, we can't soothe each other. I'm too young, he's too old, and we don't know how to talk anymore if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-hesse/my-father-and-i-we-can-t-soothe-each-other-i-m-too-young-he-s-too-old/)

[Karen Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-hesse/)

> [When Ma died, I didn't know how to go on, either. I don't know how. I don't feel the same know, not exactly. Now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-hesse/when-ma-died-i-didn-t-know-how-to-go-on-either-i-don-t-know-how-i-don/)

[Karen Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-hesse/)

> [Now Livie's gone west, out of the dust, on her way to California, where the wind takes a rest sometimes. And I'm wondering what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-hesse/now-livie-s-gone-west-out-of-the-dust-on-her-way-to-california-where/)

[Karen Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-hesse/)

> [I don't know what I am thinking. But I am alone. I am trapped in the net of the room. In the net of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-hesse/i-don-t-know-what-i-am-thinking-but-i-am-alone-i-am-trapped-in-the/)

[Karen Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-hesse/)

> [“I play songs that have only the pattern of my self in them and you hum along suporting me. You are the companion to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-hesse/i-play-songs-that-have-only-the-pattern-of-my-self-in-them-and-you/)

[Karen Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-hesse/)

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