Home / Quotes / Quote by Karen Russell

Quote by Karen Russell

“Etiquette was so confounding in this country. Still, looking at Mirabella-her fists balled together like small, white porcupines, her brows knitted in animal confusion-I felt a throb of compassion. How can people live like they do? I wondered. Then I congragulated myself. This was a Stage 3 thought.”

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

Work

St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

Browse quotes and source details for this work. more

Author

Karen Russell

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

“I could have warned her. If we were back home, and Mirabella had come under attack by territorial beavers or snow-blind bears, I would have warned her. But the truth is that by Stage 3 I wanted her gone. Mirabella's inability to adapt was taking a visible toll. Her teeth were ground down to nubbins; her hair was falling out. ... her ribs were poking through her uniform. Her bright eyes had dulled to a sour whiskey color. But you couldn't show Mirabella the slightest kindness anymore-she'd never leave you alone!”

Karen Russell Girls Raised By Wolves St Lucys Home

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

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

“I ignored her and continued down the hall. I had only four more hours to perfect the Sausalito. I was worried only about myself. By that stage, I was no longer certain of how the pack felt about anything.”

Karen Russell Girls Raised By Wolves St Lucys Home

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

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

“In the beginning, fifty hours sounded like a bleak ocean of time, more hours than Sawtooth wanted to spend with himself, let alone with another person. Now he needs the girl to sit and measure time with him, the way the neighbor woman needs her prescription mirror so that she doesn't forget her own face.”

Karen Russell Out To Sea

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

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