Karen-russell Quote by Karen Russell Download Open image ““Raffy has this magical, abracadabrical ability to transform all his "ifs" into "whens".”” — Karen Russell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Karen-russell Star-gazers-log Summer-time-crime
“Rules of Magic: Do as you will, but harm no one. What you give will be returned to you threefold. Fall in love whenever… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“You can only make magic if you act at the right time when the right conditions are in place” — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“Out of all the magic words in existence, kind words produce the most powerful transformation spells.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Whenever a decision is made in the heat of the moment—when we allow ourselves to be carried on joy or sorrow or mere simplicity… — J. Grace Pennington Copy Share Image
The concept of the marvelous begins to take form when it arises from an unexpected alteration of reality, the miracle. — Alejo Carpentier Copy Share Image
“It isn't magic, just a focus for the will. A powerful will might not even need it" -Brimstone” — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
The world is the ring of his spells, And the play of his miracles. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Magic happens when a stubborn soul refuses to give up on his dreams!” — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
“As a kid I heard the word malignancy as "Malig-Nancy" like an evil woman's name, no matter how many times Kiwi and the Chief… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“Once Mom and Ossie and I spent an afternoon alone together in her hospital room. We were watching the small TV above her head… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
People really get myopic as they get older. We're not a culture that encourages dreaming or distraction. We're not ever good at just being.… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
It is a special kind of homelessness to be evicted from your dreams. — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“She used to suffer these intense bouts of homesickness in her own bedroom. When she was very small, she would wake up tearing at… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“At ten, I couldn't articulate much but I got the message: to be a true historian, you had to mourn amply and well. (spoken… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“ Forever , just the word fills Beverly with an unaccountable, schoolmarmish sort of rage. Forever, that's got to be bad math, right? Such terrifying math.” — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“I swim with all my strength. No superhuman surge, or pony heroics; it's just me at my most desperate.” — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
So much of the way books get classified has to do with marketing decisions. I think it's more useful to think of literary books… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
The beginning of the end can feel a lot like the middle when you are living in it. — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“I often think, that she foresaw only the end times, never hot dogs.” — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“I swim with all my strength. No superhuman surge, or pony heroics; it's just me at my most desperate.” — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“I had an ear for languages, and I could read before I could adequately wash myself. I probably could have vied with Jeanette for… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“Etiquette was so confounding in this country. Still, looking at Mirabella-her fists balled together like small, white porcupines, her brows knitted in animal confusion-I… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“Even at this altitude, the substitute pilot's bathed in sweat, sweat running down his chin and neck. Fear must be the fountain of youth,… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“On her last visit, the girl stole one of his family photographs right out of the frame. He thinks this means she is starting… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“Even as a young man, Sawtooth had a hard time talking to women. Since moving to Out-to-Sea, he's become tight-lipped as an oyster. But… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“I could have warned her. If we were back home, and Mirabella had come under attack by territorial beavers or snow-blind bears, I would… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“The Avalanche," peacemaker Rachel recites, "is very important . It's a privilege to sing it. It's a celebration of our past." Everybody around the… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“I had been eagerly waiting just such a disaster. Storms, wolves, snakebite, floods-these are the occasions to find out how your father sees you,… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“I wish I could say I gulp pure courage as I run, like those brave little girls you read about in stories, ... But… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“But her favorite is the Houdini fantasy. Big Red disagrees with his biographers, who say that he was driven by his longing to shuck… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“We keep giggling, happy and nervous, tickled by an incomplete innocence. We both sense that some dark joke is being played on us, even… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image