"And I know now that all the time……" — 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 am because of the dust. And what I am is good enough. Even for me."
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12 Quotes by Karen Hesse
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As long as you live, it is never too late to make amends. Take my advice, child. Don't waste your…
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I hear the first drops. Like the tapping of a stranger at the door of a dream, the rain changes…
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Now Livie's gone west, out of the dust, on her way to California, where the wind takes a rest sometimes.…
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When Ma died, I didn't know how to go on, either. I don't know how. I don't feel the same…
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My father and I, we can't soothe each other. I'm too young, he's too old, and we don't know how…
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The work of one author or artist may stimulate another author or artist to push the edge, to take the…
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the way i see it, hard times aren't only about money, or drought, or dust. hard times are about losing…
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Sometimes, a flame can be utterly extinguished. Sometimes, a flame can shrink and waver, but sometimes a flame refuses to…
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I don't know what I am thinking. But I am alone. I am trapped in the net of the room.…
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While growing up in Baltimore, Maryland, I dreamed of becoming many things: an archaeologist, an ambassador, an actor, an author.
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I have earned wages as a waitress, a nanny, a librarian, a personnel officer, an agricultural laborer, an advertising secretary,…
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