Karen Lord

I think if a story has a message it should be incidental and accidental, otherwise it leans too close to indoctrination.

— Karen Lord

“Everything teaches, everyone preaches, all have a gospel to sell! Better the one who is honest and open in declaring an agenda…

— Karen Lord

“This is my universe, my time, my world. There is no going back to what was. There is only the future.”

— Karen Lord

Names are very important for humans, aren't they? How do I translate for you the name of this town as it seems…

— Karen Lord

All my tales are true, drawn from life, and a life story is not a tidy thing.

— Karen Lord

“Ever wonder if you've done the right thing?" I asked him finally. "Frequently," he replied. "Legalities notwithstanding, to not wonder indicates a…

— Karen Lord

“I've always thought academics should get a little slurry on their boots from time to time.”

— Karen Lord

“I was still excited. Big or small, elephants are elephants, after all. Just before we mounted, when I was sure no one…

— Karen Lord

Remember your ancestors, dream of your descendants and work hard while you're living.

— Karen Lord

“Indigo,’ his mother clarified. ‘Yes, I bet you would.’ He”

— Karen Lord

“She had imagined her mind would be bare before his, naked under a scorching desert sun, with neither shelter nor refuge. Instead,…

— Karen Lord

“Do I have any recommendations for a Sadiri boys' night out?" I shrugged, smiled, and allowed myself a laugh. "I can come…

— Karen Lord

In the beginning, God created human beings, which is to say God put the ingredients together, embedded the instructions for building on…

— Karen Lord

I find that sometimes if you just sit still, things have a way of finding you before you can find them.

— Karen Lord

“Let me tell you, there's no long-distance relationship like an interstellar one.”

— Karen Lord

“You must never tell people their own stories. They have no interest in them, or they think they can tell them better…

— Karen Lord

“Knowledge is power, I said at last. "Let's do it.”

— Karen Lord

“There are other, civilised ways of dealing with the matter," Dllenahkh insisted. Darithiven looked at him with pity. "Then, by your definition,…

— Karen Lord

“One was skilled with the bow, the other with a blowpipe, and the points of their arrows and darts had been dipped…

— Karen Lord

“He smiled at his glass. It seemed to be in on the joke. It fed daring and plausibility to the tiny flame…

— Karen Lord

“This was not an Indiana Jones classic holovid; it was real life.”

— Karen Lord

A little story is supported by a lot of untold backstory. What they get is more than what they see.

— Karen Lord

“His journey to Makendha would take only three days, but he had taken every precaution so as not to arrive haggard and…

— Karen Lord

“Judging other humans and finding them wanting is what the Sadiri do .”

— Karen Lord

“I am experiencing a measure of excitement combined with increasing pleasure, which is perhaps manifesting as an expression of amusement." It was…

— Karen Lord