23 Quotes by Karen Cushman

She was not as stupid as some I have had, and better company, but still perhaps her going was for the best. She was not what I needed.""Because I failed," whispered Alyce in the shadows."Because she gave up," continued the midwife. "I need an apprentice who can do what I tell her, take what I give her, who can try and risk and fail and try again and not give up...

Just as a river by night shines with the reflected light of the moon, so too do you shine with the light of your family, your people, and your God. So you are never far from home, never alone, wherever you go.

I think sometimes that people are like onions. On the outside smooth and whole and simple but inside ring upon ring, complex and deep.

Seems to me home is where I am loved and safe and needed.

Just because you don’t know everything don’t mean you know nothing.

Corpus Bones! I utterly loathe my life.

I want to remake the world; anything less is not worth the trouble.

Seems to me God made a big mistake when He failed to put handles on watermelons.

My mother makes the best cider in Lincolnshire. She swears it is because she always includes a number of rotten apples in the mix. I was wondering if this could be true of people – if the world needs a few rotten people to make the sweetest mix. This would explain the problem of God allowing evil in the world.