“Just because you don't know everything don't mean you know nothing.”
― Karen Cushman, quote from The Midwife's Apprentice
“. . . 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.”
― Karen Cushman, quote from The Midwife's Apprentice
“She was not as stupid as some I have had, and better company, but still perhaps her going was for the best. She was not what I needed."
"Because I failed," whispered Alyce in the shadows.
"Because she gave up," continued the midwife. "I need an apprentice who can do what I tell her, take what I give her, who can try and risk and fail and try again and not give up...”
― Karen Cushman, quote from The Midwife's Apprentice
“I know what I want. A full belly, a contented heart, and a place in this world.”
― Karen Cushman, quote from The Midwife's Apprentice
“Alyce," she breathed. Alyce sounded clean and smart. You could love someone maned Alyce. She looked back at the face in the water. "This is me, Alyce." It was right. So the newly called Alyce shifted the pack on her shoulders, and with her head back and bare feet solid on the ground, she headed back to the midwife's cottage and never noticed when it grew dark, for heat and light were within her.”
― Karen Cushman, quote from The Midwife's Apprentice
Karen Cushman
Born place: in Chicago, Illinois, The United States
Born date October 4, 2018
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“Shane smise di ballare e si spostò leggermente per guardare Jimmy in faccia. Prese il suo viso tra le mani. “Rattlesnake è casa tua. Penso che tu lo sappia già questo. Ma credo sia anche giunta l’ora di diventare il proprietario di una casa vera e propria; in realtà vale per tutti e due.”
Jimmy alla fine fece la cosa che si era ripromesso di non fare mai, ma quella promessa era stata una bugia, e anche stupida. Scoppiò a piangere.
Continuarono a ballare, e Jimmy macchiò il cappotto di Shane di lacrime, e Shane fece lo stesso con il suo; Johnny Cash continuava a cantare attraverso il piccolo altoparlante. Jimmy pensò che gli sarebbe piaciuto avere un murale nel salotto tra un paio di solide librerie. Ovviamente avrebbe raffigurato un serpente a sonagli.
Tutto era cominciato con un uomo solo negli ampi spazi del deserto, alla guida di una Escort decrepita con un morto sul sedile passeggero. Però la storia era diventata quella di due uomini vivi che danzavano, pronti a mettere su casa insieme. E Jimmy era certo che la fine fosse ancora parecchio lontana.”
― Kim Fielding, quote from Rattlesnake
“Anyone who truly thought ladies didn’t sweat never spent the summer in Georgia.”
― J.D. Horn, quote from The Line
“Our statistics are at fault: the population has been returned too large. How many men are there to a square thousand miles in this country? Hardly one.”
― Henry David Thoreau, quote from Walden and other writings
“One of the grubby truths about a loss is that you don't just mourn the dead person, you mourn the person you got to be when the lost one was alive. This loss might even be what affects you the most.”
― Meghan O'Rourke, quote from The Long Goodbye
“Sera was beginning to see that love wasn't pretty words and easy promises. Love was hard. It challenged you and changed you. It filled your heart and sometimes hardened it too. Love demanded sacrifices. She'd made many over the last few weeks, and knew she would be called upon to make many more.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, quote from Rogue Wave
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