"Any place, then, can become a cemetery. All……" — Karen Russell
"Any place, then, can become a cemetery. All it takes is your body. It's not fair, I think, and I get this petulant wish for ugly flowers and mourners, my mother's old familiar grief. Somebody I love to tend my future grave. Probably this is the wrong thing to be wishing for."
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Karen Russell
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46 Quotes by Karen Russell
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Regret is a pilgrimage back to the place where I was free to choose.
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The girl has a funny way of romanticizing things.
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It is a special kind of homelessness to be evicted from your dreams.
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