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“We keep giggling, happy and nervous, tickled by an incomplete innocence. We both sense that some dark joke is being played on us, even if we can't quite grasp the punch line.”

Quote by Karen Russell

Book:St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

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St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

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Karen Russell is an acclaimed American novelist, born on July 10, 1981. Her works are known for their unique imagination, rich symbolism, and profound social insights. Russell's novels often explore themes of human-nature relationships, cultural conflicts, and the exploration of personal identity. more

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“Granana lives on the other side of the island. She's eighty-four, I'm twelve, and Wallow's fourteen, so it's a little ambiguous as to who's babysitting whom.”

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Book:St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

Source: St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

“i haf the sownd of more words butt i coud not remember the shaps of the letters.”

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Book:St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

Source: St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

“He looks me to pieces … I realize now that I have been glimpsed and corner-of-the-eyed before, by the Chief and my sister and the yawning tourists. But I have never actually been looked at. Not like this.”

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Book:St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

Source: St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

“I wish I could say I gulp pure courage as I run, like those brave little girls you read about in stories, ... But this burst of speed comes from an older adrenaline, some limbic other. Not courage, but a deeper terror. I don't want to be left alone. And I am ready to defend Ossie against whatever monster I encounter, ... and save her for myself.”

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Book:St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

Source: St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

“There is no necessity to live by the clock.”

Book:Jane-Emily

Source: Jane-Emily

“I just want to tell her that I'm sorry," Wallow says softly. He doesn't know that I'm awake. He's talking to himself, or maybe to the ocean. There's not a trace of fear in his voice. And it's clear then that Wallow is a better brother than I could ever hope to be.”

Karen Russell Haunting Olivia

Book:St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

Source: St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

“INERTIA: Unless an object is acted on by friction from an outside force, it will spiral through space, in the same direction at the same speed - indefinitely!”

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Book:St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

Source: St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

“The baby turtles are turning away from the ocean. It's easy to see why. The black waves lap up the moonbeams, and the starlight on the inky surface of the water gives off such a pale glow when you compare it to the megawatt flashlights that Raffy is swirling in hypnotic circles.”

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Book:St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

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“Looking out over the lake, I felt enveloped in the most peaceful, loving utopia.”

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Book:Harriet Tubman

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“A few of us always compared anything good to: ' Isn't it just like camp?' When we first got married, we asked each other, 'Was your honeymoon good?' 'Yeah. It was just like camp.”

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