"My older sister has entire kingdoms inside of her, and some of them are only accessible at certain seasons, in certain kinds of weather."

-- Karen Russell

#Weather Quotes #Kingdoms Quotes #Kind Quotes

“There's no such thing as simple. Simple is hard.”
“As a graphic artist, my job on a local paper was creating the advertising as well as working as a journalist on sports and community issues. There are many more jobs I've done in my day, I can't remember them all.”
“Fear owns me because I let it. Because I obsess over it, name it, raise it, and nurture it to become perfect. It is one of the few things in my life that I can control.”
“In spite of advances in technology and changes in the economy, state government still operates on an obsolete 1970s model. We have a typewriter government in an Internet age.”
“As writers we live life twice, like a cow that eats its food once and then regurgitates it to chew and digest it again. We have a second chance at biting into our experience and examining it. ...This is our life and it's not going to last forever. There isn't time to talk about someday writing that short story or poem or novel. Slow down now, touch what is around you, and out of care and compassion for each moment and detail, put pen to paper and begin to write.”
“When I look in the mirror, I know Iâ€™m looking at someone who isnâ€™t sure she deserves to be loved at all.”
“The air smelled like a mÃ©lange of everyone's perfume and hair products, with a slight undertone of booze.”
“But, you know, all I can do is submit my budget and then make the case to the Legislature to act.”

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