All Karen Joy Fowler Quotes
- The spoken word converts individual knowledge into mutual knowledge, and there is no way back once you've gone over that cliff. Saying nothing was more… Action
- I wonder sometimes if I'm the only one spending my life making the same mistake over and over again or if that's simply human. Do… All
- In the phrase ' human being,' the word 'being' is much more important than the word 'human.' Human
- I'm unclear on the definition of person the courts have been using. Something that sieves out dolphins but lets corporations slide on through. Been
- Antagonism in my family comes wrapped in layers of code, sideways feints, full deniability. I believe the same can be said of many families. Antagonism
- When there is an invisible elephant in the room, one is from time to time bound to trip over a trunk. Bound
- Sometimes you best avoid talking by being quiet, but sometimes you best avoid talking by talking. Avoid
- I still haven't found the place where I can be my true self. But maybe you never get to be your true self, either. Found
- The sunset you see is always better than the one you don’t. More stars are always better than less. Always Better
- You learn as much from failure as from success, Dad always says. Though no one admires you for it. Admire
- The value of money is a scam perpetrated by those who have it over those who don't Inspirational
- I am the daughter of a psychologist. I know that the thing ostensibly being studied is rarely the thing being studied. (We Are All Completely… All
- You can’t imagine the white-hot fury someone who can’t sleep has toward the beautiful dreamer beside him. Beautiful
- But no one is easier to delude than a parent; they see only what they wish to see. Delude
- There's science and there's science, is all I'm saying. Where humans are the subjects, it's mostly not science All
- Each of us has a private Austen. Austen
- . . . strange and fantastic things really happen. During a rainstorm in Australia, fish fall from the sky; several Southern states consider legislation that… Australia
- Pheromones are Earth's primordial idiom. Earth
- There was something appealing in thinking of a character with a secret life that her author knew nothing about. Slipping off while the author's back… Appealing
- Allegra's Austen wrote about the impact of financial need on the intimate lives of women. If she'd worked in a bookstore, Allegra would have shelved… Allegra
- I once broke up with a boy because he wrote me an awful poem. Awful
- Baby, high school's over. High school's never over.. Baby
- In general, librarians enjoyed special requests. A reference librarian is someone who likes the chase. When librarians read for pleasure, they often pick a good… Chase
- A man says something. Sometimes it turns out to be the truth, but this has nothing to do with the man who says it. Inspirational
- Owls hoot in B flat, cuckoos in D, but the water ousel sings in the voice of the stream. She builds her nest back of… B Flat