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1 " Love brightens and purifies the heart. "
― Karen Cushman , Matilda Bone
2 " It's important to know what you think, my dear, or else you will be so hemmed in by other people's ideas and opinions, you won't have room for your own. "
― Karen Cushman , The Loud Silence of Francine Green
3 " . . . . I cannot escape my life but can only use my determination and courage to make it the best I can. "
― Karen Cushman , Catherine, Called Birdy
4 " I am near fourteen and have never yet seen a hanging. My life is barren. "
5 " I watched the early morning light pass over and through the windows of colored glass, leaving streaks of red and green and yellow on the stone floor. When I was little, I used to try and capture the colored light. I thought I could hold it in my hand and carry it home. Now I know it is like happiness-- it is there or it is not, you cannot hold it or keep it. "
6 " Just because you don't know everything don't mean you know nothing. "
― Karen Cushman , The Midwife's Apprentice
7 " Corpus Bones! I utterly loathe my life. "
8 " Fathers should make you feel safe. "
9 " I think sometimes that people are like onions. On the outside smooth and whole and simple but inside ring upon ring, complex and deep. "
10 " . . . she dreamed of nothing, for she hoped for nothing and expected nothing. It was as cold and dark inside her as out in the frosty night. "
11 " Minds, like diapers, need occasional changing. "
― Karen Cushman , The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
12 " I have developed a rash on my body where the rough cloth rubs on my skin. I wanted to take a bath, thinking that the dirt on my skin made the rash worse, but the bathing tub has been turned upside down and is being used as an extra table in the kitchen and i cannot have it until spring, so I just spread goose grease on my rash. The dogs are following me everywhere. "
13 " Just as a river by night shines with the reflected light of the moon, so too do you shine with the light of your family, your people, and your God. So you are never far from home, never alone, wherever you go. "
14 " I know what I want. A full belly, a contented heart, and a place in this world. "
15 " I feel safer when you're here. You're so big and sturdy, like a beautiful tree I can lean on and not knock over. "
― Karen Cushman , Rodzina
16 " Saliva mucusque "
17 " My mother makes the best cider in Lincolnshire. She swears it is because she always includes a number of rotten apples in the mix. I was wondering if this could be true of people - if the world needs a few rotten people to make the sweetest mix. This would explain the problem of God allowing evil in the world. "
18 " My pains are but trifling things compared to my joy. "
― Karen Cushman , Will Sparrow's Road
19 " I cannot be a monk, nor a crusader, nor a tumbler. I must stay here and hem sheets until I die. My humors are greatly out of balance. I prescribe for myself wormwood and spiced wine and some of the custard left from supper, and I will let all of the dogs sleep in my bed. "
20 " Non che non creda in Dio. Ci credo. Solo non sono sicura di credere nel Paradiso, almeno non quanto credo nella biblioteca pubblica. "
