Karen

“They had discovered that excitement is really just smog and noise and never seeing the stars, and trash piled up in the streets. They would ride with their heads out the window, their faces softening as the city fell away and the world turned flat and emerald-colored again; they were waiting for the moment when we crossed into their province, when they would smack the dashboard and cry out, “Here! Here!”
― Violet Kupersmith, The Frangipani Hotel: Stories

“Mohandas Gandhi read: “Be the change you want to see in the world.”
― Erika Hayasaki, The Death Class: A True Story About Life

“There's nothing wrong with reading a book you love over and over. When you do, the words get inside you, become a part of you, in a way that words in a book you've read only once can't.”
― Gail Carson Levine, Writing Magic: Creating Stories that Fly

“In fact, she rather liked it, and found that their mutual lack of language skills freed them from the banalities of conversation.”
― Violet Kupersmith, The Frangipani Hotel: Stories