“The stark gray sky and bare tree limbs feel more suited to her than the uncomplicated promise of sunny spring days.” — Christina Baker Kline Flower Copy Share Image
I've come to think that's what heaven is- a place in the memory of others where our best selves live on. — Christina Baker Kline Heaven Copy Share Image
“She feels like a circus clown who wakes up one morning and no longer wants to glue on the red rubber nose.” — Christina Baker Kline Copy Share Image
“Whether your journey is long or short, He will help you as long as you place your trust in Him.” — Christina Baker Kline Journey Copy Share Image
“We are headed toward the unknown, and we have no choice but to sit quietly in our hard seats and let ourselves… — Christina Baker Kline Journey of life Copy Share Image
It's human nature to want to think the best of others, but if you listen carefully, people will always tell you who… — Christina Baker Kline Human nature Copy Share Image
“...wage an ongoing war with the elements...we have to push back against the unruly outdoors to keep chaos at bay.” — Christina Baker Kline Chaos Copy Share Image
“I like to be busy,” she says. “And useful. I think those are pretty basic human desires—don’t you?” — Christina Baker Kline Copy Share Image
“And though they were called savages, even a prominent English general, Philip Sheridan, had to admit, “We took away their country and… — Christina Baker Kline Copy Share Image
“Girls from my graduating class come into the store brandishing solitaire diamonds like Legion of Honor medals, as if they’ve accomplished something… — Christina Baker Kline Graduating Copy Share Image
“She copies vocabulary words down in a notebook because she likes the way they sound: Harridan. Pusillanimous. Talisman. Dowager. Enervating. Sycophantic . . .” — Christina Baker Kline Language Copy Share Image
“there were over thirty thousand Wabanakis living on the East Coast in 1600 and that 90 percent of them had died by… — Christina Baker Kline East coast Copy Share Image
“The bitterness and alcohol and depression are stripped away from these phantom incarnations, and they console and protect me in death as… — Christina Baker Kline Death Copy Share Image
“other, better, memories: making fried eggs with her dad, turning them over with a large black plastic spatula. “Not so fast, Molly… — Christina Baker Kline Food Copy Share Image
“Mr. Grote doesn’t believe in government telling him what to do. Tell the truth, he doesn’t believe in government at all. He… — Christina Baker Kline Education Copy Share Image
“Vivian said she wanted to clean out her attic. But I think what she really wanted was to see what was in… — Christina Baker Kline Copy Share Image
“She offers me a bull’s-eye sweet, which she’s stashed in her apron pocket with a half-dozen half-smoked Afton butts—a mix of flavors… — Christina Baker Kline Poetry Copy Share Image
“Well, then,” Mrs. Byrne says. “Let’s get back to work. Dorothy, your suitcase is in the foyer. We’ll discuss sleeping arrangements at… — Christina Baker Kline Discipline Copy Share Image
“And so your personality is shaped. You know too much, and this knowledge makes you wary. You grow fearful and mistrustful. The… — Christina Baker Kline Broken inside Copy Share Image
“Mrs. Scatcherd raps Dutchy's knuckles several times with a long wooden ruler, though it seems to me a halfhearted penalty. He barely… — Christina Baker Kline Orphans Copy Share Image
“Inside the coat is my name, embroidered by a volunteer at the Children’s Aid Society: Niamh Power. Yes, Niamh. Pronounced “Neev.” A… — Christina Baker Kline New parents Copy Share Image
“Well, you’re not exactly effervescent now, are you?” Vivian says. “But I saw you outside earlier when Jack dropped you off, and… — Christina Baker Kline Copy Share Image
“She has never tried to find out what happened to her family — her mother or her relatives in Ireland. But over… — Christina Baker Kline Family Copy Share Image
“She should be grateful. Without Vivian she'd be sliding down a dark path toward nowhere good . But it kind of feels… — Christina Baker Kline Grateful Copy Share Image
“Not exactly shy. I was—quiet.” “Circumspect,” Vivian says. “Watchful.” Molly turns these words over in her mind. Circumspect? Watchful? Is she?” — Christina Baker Kline Psychology Copy Share Image
“She didn’t know that Indian women had more power and authority than white women, a fact detailed in captivity stories.” — Christina Baker Kline Feminism Copy Share Image
“Well, thanks,” she says nonchalantly. “But does this mean I have to read it?” “Absolutely. There will be a quiz,” Vivian says.” — Christina Baker Kline Copy Share Image
“That man would have chipped away at your heart bit by bit until there was nothing left. It may have been bruised,… — Christina Baker Kline Copy Share Image
“I look up into the starless sky. My heart pounds. This silent badlands scares me more than nighttime in the city, with… — Christina Baker Kline Copy Share Image
“The first twenty-three years of my life are the ones that shaped me, and the fact” — Christina Baker Kline Life Copy Share Image
“Because we're older. And this is where we belong." "No it isn't. It is just where we ended up.” — Christina Baker Kline Copy Share Image
“Look, I don't mean to be rude, but you could never have a normal life, even if that's what you thought you… — Christina Baker Kline Life Copy Share Image
“WHEN YOUR WORLD is small, you learn every inch of it. You can trace it in the dark; you navigate it in… — Christina Baker Kline Copy Share Image
“Pushing the hair back from my face and tracing the line of my jaw with his finger, he says, “With you I’d… — Christina Baker Kline Copy Share Image
“What was it the teacher in her Legal Issues class said the other day? Never bring up a point you don’t have… — Christina Baker Kline Teacher Copy Share Image
“Life’s small details are the ones that interest me, anyway. The big questions are too hard to parse.” — Christina Baker Kline Big questions Copy Share Image
“The child you select is yours for free,” he adds, “on a ninety-day trial. At which point, if you so choose, you… — Christina Baker Kline Children Copy Share Image
“My own awakening feels as momentous. I too am blanketed, my harsh edges obscured and transformed.” — Christina Baker Kline Awakening Copy Share Image
“Molly is suddenly struck by the fact that Vivian wrote these words on this sheet of paper more than eighty years ago.… — Christina Baker Kline Language Copy Share Image
And so it is that you learn how to pass, if you're lucky, to look like everyone else, even though you're broken… — Christina Baker Kline Copy Share Image
