Karen Cushman Quotes

Love brightens and purifies the heart.

It's important to know what you think, my dear, or else you will be so hemmed in by other people's ideas and opinions, you won't have room for your own.

I am near fourteen and have never yet seen a hanging. My life is barren.

. . . . I cannot escape my life but can only use my determination and courage to make it the best I can.

[in the context of 1881] "Don't you want to get married and have babies? Mrs. Bergman used to say that women need-" "What women need is more exercise, shorter skirts, and their own way once in a while.