“ But I knew that, both in fairyland and the real world, too, wishes were a slipperier things. Karen Joy Fowler
“ Sylvia’s first impression of Allegra was that no one had ever before had such a beautiful baby.Jocelyn’s first impression of Grigg was that he had nice eyelashes and a funny name, and didn’t interest… Karen Joy Fowler
“ Owls hoot in B flat, cuckoos in D, but the water ousel sings in the voice of the stream. She builds her nest back of the waterfalls so the water is a lullaby to the little ones. Must be where they lea… Karen Joy Fowler
“ In 2004, Jacques Derrida said that a change was under way. Torture damages the inflicter as well as the inflicted. It’s no coincidence that one of the Abu Ghraib torturers came to the military directl… Karen Joy Fowler
“ You can’t imagine the white-hot fury someone who can’t sleep has toward the beautiful dreamer beside him. Karen Joy Fowler
“ Out there is South Dakota," Kitch had said, "Matt said they treated Fern like some kind of animal. Karen Joy Fowler
“ Grandma Donna passed the oyster stuffing and asked my father straight out what he was working on, it being so obvious his thoughts were not with us. She meant it as a reprimand. He was the only one at… Karen Joy Fowler
“ I didn't want a world in which I had to choose between blind human babies and tortured monkey ones. To be frank, that's the sort of choice I expect science to protect me from, not give me. Karen Joy Fowler
“ Maybe anosognosia, the inability to see your own disability, is the human condition and I'm the only one who doesn't suffer from it. Karen Joy Fowler
“ So many problems, however infinitely varied they first appear, turn out to be matters of money. I can't tell you how much this offends me. Karen Joy Fowler
“ Lots of people go mad in January. Not as many as in May, of course. Nor June. But January is your third most common month for madness. Karen Joy Fowler
“ Arriving late was a way of saying that your own time was more valuable than the time of the person who waited for you. Karen Joy Fowler
“ Technically a memoir, 'The Woman Warrior' becomes almost magical through its inclusion of folk tales, dreams, and revisions. Karen Joy Fowler
“ The idea of our own rationality...was convincing to us only because we so wished to be convinced. To any impartial observer, could such a thing exist, the sham was patent. Emotion and instinct were th… Karen Joy Fowler
“ The Indians did not like to see anything odd -- a white squirrel, for instance. . . . They thought such oddities were messages, were omens of evil. . . . And the Indians put a great deal of faith in d… Karen Joy Fowler
“ A nonhuman animal had better have a good lawyer. In 1508, Bartholomé Chassenée earned fame and fortune for his eloquent representation of the rats of his French province. These rats had been charged w… Karen Joy Fowler
“ It was one of those subjects to which everything that slithers across your brain seems relevant. I find this to be true of most topics. Karen Joy Fowler
