“The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.”
“As I began to dream, I could see a full day, and then another, and then a summer sweeping speedily over the zinnias in my mother’s flower garden, and how the shadow of the house touched the blossoms, then moved on.”
― In Winter I Get Up at Night
― In Winter I Get Up at Night
“The world is full of miracles, but none greater than how far a young person can be carried by someone else’s belief in them.”
― My Friends
― My Friends
“Action is the antidote to despair.’ Joan Baez.”
― Stone Yard Devotional
― Stone Yard Devotional
“there are plenty of good folks around here. They just haven’t been shouting as loud as the others.”
― Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books
― Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books
“When you get old, gravity pulls the corners of your mouth down, the road to a smile grows longer.”
― My Friends
― My Friends
Karen’s 2025 Year in Books
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