Quote by Karen Russell Download Open image ““Who is going to pay a day's wage to slide down a damn tongue?" -- The Chief, Swamplandia”” — Karen Russell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“And again, there are those who sit in their swamp and speak thus from the rushes: 'Virtue - that means to sit quietly in… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“In the swamp the alligators drifted like patches of bad-assed water.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Hopefully, Donald Trump is just warming up. There is a lot of swamp to drain.” — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
“You from the IRS? The man's voice was deep and wet, like mud slipping down a drain.” — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
“And today the great Yertle, that Marvelous he, Is king of the Mud. That is all he can see. And the turtles of course...… — Dr. Seuss Copy Share Image
“...the headwaters of Shit Creek are a cruel and treacherous expanse.” — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
“Careers advance by how well you learn on the job and how well you get along with the rest of the swamp and play… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“I worked for a menial’s hire, Only to learn, dismayed, That any wage I had asked of Life, Life would have willingly paid.” — Anonymous 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
