Karen Russell Quote

Absolution is the washing away of sin. The promise of rebirth. And the chance to escape the transgressions of those who came before us. The best among us will learn from the mistakes of the past, whil...

Are we not all actors playing parts in another person's play?

I've made him a monster by overloving. Lord knows, if hatred could make him human again.

I come from a long line of body snatchers, probably the top-notch body snatchers in America. No make that the world. Some people might think it's gross digging up bones or corpses, but who asked them?...

This book consists not only of my stories of mistakes, rather it’s all our stories of mistakes and heart aches. It’s the plight of all of us who were rebelling, and kicking against the social messes w...

Can you imagine life without the horror genre? There would be no monsters. Only a**holes.

Because all the monsters have been let out of their cages tonight, no matter what court they belong to. So I may roam wherever I wish until the dawn.

If there really are such creatures in here, it would be the discovery of a lifetime.’'If there really are such creatures in here,’ Sally countered, 'your lifetime might be very short.

Sometimes painfully lost people can teach us lessons that we didn't think we needed to know, or be reminded of---the more history changes, the more it stays the same.

That's arrogance, Harry. he said, gently. On a level so deep, you don't even realize it exists. And do you know why it's there? No? I asked. He smiled again. Because you have set a higher standard fo...