Quotes by : Karen Thompson Walker

The only thing you have to do in this life is die," said Mrs. Pinsky..."everything else is a choice.

To some degree we all live with uncertainty. We have no control over the future. Yet we carry on, we....

This was the first time I noticed it, the inevitable space between father and man.

I could no longer remember the way my mother's eyes looked before the slowing. Had they always been so....

It requires a certain kind of bravery, I suppose, to choose the status quo. There's a certain boldness....

But the past is long, and the future is short.

We were a different kind of Christian, the quiet, reasonable kind, a breed embarrassed by the mention....

He'd grown eager to hand off his things, as if the weight of his possessions kept him tethered to this....

I can write all the way through the morning, when my mind is clear, and there are no distractions.

Feeling earthquakes was part of growing up, and also preparing for them: doing earthquake drills, or....