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> [“Over the years I've come to feel that the way people respond to us has less to do with what we've done and more to do with who they are.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-joy-fowler/over-the-years-i-ve-come-to-feel-that-the-way-people-respond-to-us/)

[Karen Joy Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-joy-fowler/)

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## More by Karen Joy Fowler

> [In general, librarians enjoyed special requests. A reference librarian is someone who likes the chase. When librarians read for pleasure, they often pick a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-joy-fowler/in-general-librarians-enjoyed-special-requests-a-reference-librarian/)

[Karen Joy Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-joy-fowler/)

> [The sunset you see is always better than the one you don’t. More stars are always better than less.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-joy-fowler/the-sunset-you-see-is-always-better-than-the-one-you-don-t-more-stars/)

[Karen Joy Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-joy-fowler/)

> [“Je zou maar slecht over hem gaan denken en dat wil ik niet, want dat is mijn taak”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-joy-fowler/je-zou-maar-slecht-over-hem-gaan-denken-en-dat-wil-ik-niet-want-dat/)

[Karen Joy Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-joy-fowler/)

> [I'm unclear on the definition of person the courts have been using. Something that sieves out dolphins but lets corporations slide on through.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-joy-fowler/i-m-unclear-on-the-definition-of-person-the-courts-have-been-using/)

[Karen Joy Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-joy-fowler/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-joy-fowler/the-secret-to-a-good-life-he-told-me-once-is-to-bring-your-a-game-to/)

[Karen Joy Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-joy-fowler/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-joy-fowler/so-many-problems-however-infinitely-varied-they-first-appear-turn-out/)

[Karen Joy Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-joy-fowler/)

> [“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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-joy-fowler/the-world-runs-lowell-said-on-the-fuel-of-this-endless-fathomless/)

[Karen Joy Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-joy-fowler/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-joy-fowler/i-didn-t-want-a-world-in-which-i-had-to-choose-between-blind-human/)

[Karen Joy Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-joy-fowler/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-joy-fowler/they-never-reminisced-about-the-time-they-had-to-drive-halfway-back/)

[Karen Joy Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-joy-fowler/)

> [I once broke up with a boy because he wrote me an awful poem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-joy-fowler/i-once-broke-up-with-a-boy-because-he-wrote-me-an-awful-poem/)

[Karen Joy Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-joy-fowler/)

> [“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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-joy-fowler/here-is-my-objection-to-submarines-and-space-travel-not-enough/)

[Karen Joy Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-joy-fowler/)

> [. . . strange and fantastic things really happen. During a rainstorm in Australia, fish fall from the sky; several Southern states consider legislation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-joy-fowler/strange-and-fantastic-things-really-happen-during-a-rainstorm-in/)

[Karen Joy Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-joy-fowler/)

> [Every mother can easily imagine losing a child. Motherhood is always half loss anyway. The three-year-old is lost at five, the five-year-old at nine.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-joy-fowler/every-mother-can-easily-imagine-losing-a-child-motherhood-is-always/)

[Karen Joy Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-joy-fowler/)

> [“...the world runs on the fuel of an endless, fathomless animal misery.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-joy-fowler/the-world-runs-on-the-fuel-of-an-endless-fathomless-animal-misery/)

[Karen Joy Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-joy-fowler/)

> [“He envied the bark, which had been, in the course of one lifetime, both forest and fire. One endured; one destroyed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-joy-fowler/he-envied-the-bark-which-had-been-in-the-course-of-one-lifetime-both/)

[Karen Joy Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-joy-fowler/)

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