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“Svensson is renovating his ruin.”
― Thomas Pletzinger, Funeral for a Dog

“When at last I came upon the right book, the feeling was violent: it blew open a hole in me that made life more dangerous because I couldn't control what came through it.”
― Nicole Krauss, Great House

“The Stark River flowed around the oxbow at Murrayville the way blood flowed through Margo Crane's heart.”
― Bonnie Jo Campbell, Once Upon a River

“If I had planned this farm from the outset, it might have looked different, perhaps more deliberate. As it happened, the circuitous route of development gave this project a more 'organic' style of growth. Through successes and failures the farm took shape and now reflects my interests and skills, the nature of this soil and the climate here.”
― Kurt Timmermeister, Growing a Farmer: How I Learned to Live Off the Land