"My father and I, we can't soothe each other. I'm too young, he's too old, and we don't know how to talk anymore if we ever did"

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Source : Karen Hesse, Cynthia Rylant, Cynthia Lord, Ann M. Martin (2013). “Scholastic Newbery Collection”, p.245, Scholastic Inc.

Karen Hesse

#Father Quotes #Dust Quotes #Young Quotes

“The trick is to find the style that is right for you. When it comes to trying new clothes, my advice is not to take it too seriously - it's all about having fun.”
“Life is too short to do mediocre work and it is definitely too short to build shitty things.”
“In business, we say that people overestimate what you can do in a year and underestimate what you can do in a decade. This is true in philanthropy as well.”
“My father was a writer, so I grew up writing and reading and I was really encouraged by him.”
“The enormous gap between what US leaders do in the world and what Americans think their leaders are doing is one of the great propaganda accomplishments.”
“Play isn't you being clever, or finding a trick, or finding a way of covering over your own misery, or persuading someone to do what you want. It's the process of working with the materials that you find and discovering what's possible with them.”

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“Bleaching eyebrows makes me crazy.”
“That's the greatest comeback since Lazarus.”

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