Karen Piper > Quotes

“I am going to live for the color of grass. I am going to keep living because of that”
― Karen Piper, A Girl's Guide to Missiles: Growing Up in America's Secret Desert

“Books were faithful and reliable. You could pack them up and put them in a box, run your hands over the spines, flip through their pages full of memories. They always came with you, wherever you went.”
― Karen Piper, A Girl's Guide to Missiles: Growing Up in America's Secret Desert

“They did not want to be normal anymore, which only they knew. All they wanted was a roaring fire, a beach, and a wintry day with a friend.”
― Karen Piper, A Girl's Guide to Missiles: Growing Up in America's Secret Desert

“I realized I was still caught between two worlds. I missed the idealism and even the redundancy of home, the little routines of my father's, like throwing his keys in the air, and the way my mom's smile could make the whole world forget its worries...”
― Karen Piper, A Girl's Guide to Missiles: Growing Up in America's Secret Desert

“Sometimes I feel like I'm looking at someone else," he said. "Sometimes it seems like I'm getting further away”
― Karen Piper, A Girl's Guide to Missiles: Growing Up in America's Secret Desert