Quotes by : Karen Cushman

. . . . I cannot escape my life but can only use my determination and courage to make it the best I can.....

Love brightens and purifies the heart.

[in the context of 1881] "Don't you want to get married and have babies? Mrs. Bergman used to say that....

I am near fourteen and have never yet seen a hanging. My life is barren.

It's important to know what you think, my dear, or else you will be so hemmed in by other people's ideas....