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Christina Baker Kline quotes: You have to try to take what life throws at you with grace and equanimity. You have to try to take what life throws at you with grace and equanimity.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: It's as if she assumes everything will go right, and when it doesn't - which, of course, is pretty often - she is surprised and affronted. It's as if she assumes everything will go right, and when it doesn't - which, of course, is pretty often - she is surprised and affronted.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: I remember her words to me when I left school: Your mind will be your comfort. It is, sometimes. And sometimes it isn't. I remember her words to me when I left school: Your mind will be your comfort. It is, sometimes. And sometimes it isn't.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: That man would have chipped away at your heart bit by bit until there was nothing left. It may have been bruised, but at least it's whole. That man would have chipped away at your heart bit by bit until there was nothing left. It may have been bruised, but at least it's whole.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: I know all too well how it is when the beautiful visions you've been fed don't match up with reality. I know all too well how it is when the beautiful visions you've been fed don't match up with reality.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: She pauses, hand on her hip. "Yes, She pauses, hand on her hip. "Yes,
Christina Baker Kline quotes: This life of ours can feel an awful lot like waiting. This life of ours can feel an awful lot like waiting.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: Easier to assume that people have it out for you than to be disappointed when they don't come through. Easier to assume that people have it out for you than to be disappointed when they don't come through.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: You can't find peace until you find all the pieces. She wants to help Vivian find some kind of peace, elusive and fleeting as it may be. You can't find peace until you find all the pieces. She wants to help Vivian find some kind of peace, elusive and fleeting as it may be.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: I'll play your fucking game. But I don't have to play by your rules. I'll play your fucking game. But I don't have to play by your rules.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: It?" "Friday, April fourth, ma'am." She coughs. Then she doubles over and coughs It?" "Friday, April fourth, ma'am." She coughs. Then she doubles over and coughs
Christina Baker Kline quotes: The people who matter in our lives stay with us, haunting our most ordinary moments. The people who matter in our lives stay with us, haunting our most ordinary moments.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: I think you're used to being observed but not really ... seen. I think you're used to being observed but not really ... seen.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: As a novelist, I have always been interested in how people come to terms with difficult, life-altering events. As a novelist, I have always been interested in how people come to terms with difficult, life-altering events.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: That the quickest relief will come in forgetting. That the quickest relief will come in forgetting.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: Having the book-club army embrace you is a gift that keeps giving for years. Having the book-club army embrace you is a gift that keeps giving for years.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: The twists and turns of your life can be so unexpected, and that's a good thing to learn. The twists and turns of your life can be so unexpected, and that's a good thing to learn.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead. If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: Forgive me if I'm wrong. But are you-were you-did you come here on a train from New York about ten years ago? Forgive me if I'm wrong. But are you-were you-did you come here on a train from New York about ten years ago?
Christina Baker Kline quotes: My mother was one of the most dynamic and brilliant women I have ever known. She was also mercurial and unfocused. My mother was one of the most dynamic and brilliant women I have ever known. She was also mercurial and unfocused.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: I feel a joy so strong it's almost painful - a knife's edge of joy. I feel a joy so strong it's almost painful - a knife's edge of joy.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: It's human nature to want to think the best of others, but if you listen carefully, people will always tell you who they are. It's human nature to want to think the best of others, but if you listen carefully, people will always tell you who they are.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: out and folding it against out and folding it against
Christina Baker Kline quotes: The reading part of her feels private, between her and the characters in a book. The reading part of her feels private, between her and the characters in a book.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: As a week. She's been spanked with a spatula, slapped across As a week. She's been spanked with a spatula, slapped across
Christina Baker Kline quotes: You are only as interesting as you are useful to someone You are only as interesting as you are useful to someone
Christina Baker Kline quotes: I have come to think that's where Heaven is, a place in the memories of other where our best selves live I have come to think that's where Heaven is, a place in the memories of other where our best selves live
Christina Baker Kline quotes: A man whose mother won't let him lift a finger is ruined for a wife." The A man whose mother won't let him lift a finger is ruined for a wife." The
Christina Baker Kline quotes: It's hard to say what's in my head. It's been a long time since anyone cared to ask. It's hard to say what's in my head. It's been a long time since anyone cared to ask.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: I want to say, Christina, that you are ... unusual. And somehow..." her voice trails off. "Your mind-- your curiosity-- will be your comfort. I want to say, Christina, that you are ... unusual. And somehow..." her voice trails off. "Your mind-- your curiosity-- will be your comfort.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: The first twenty-three years of my life are the ones that shaped me, and the fact The first twenty-three years of my life are the ones that shaped me, and the fact
Christina Baker Kline quotes: It is a terrible thing to find the love of your life.... You know too well what you're missing when it's gone. It is a terrible thing to find the love of your life.... You know too well what you're missing when it's gone.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: Irish lace, hanging in the windows, filters the afternoon light, softening the lines on her face. Irish lace, hanging in the windows, filters the afternoon light, softening the lines on her face.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: mixed together - because Dina refuses to acknowledge mixed together - because Dina refuses to acknowledge
Christina Baker Kline quotes: And anyway, how do you talk about losing everything? And anyway, how do you talk about losing everything?
Christina Baker Kline quotes: How strange, I think - that I am in a place my parents have never been and will never see. How strange that I am here and they are gone. How strange, I think - that I am in a place my parents have never been and will never see. How strange that I am here and they are gone.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: Look, I don't mean to be rude, but you could never have a normal life, even if that's what you thought you wanted. You and me, we're not 'normal. Look, I don't mean to be rude, but you could never have a normal life, even if that's what you thought you wanted. You and me, we're not 'normal.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: notice." The false cheer in her voice is evidence of how notice." The false cheer in her voice is evidence of how
Christina Baker Kline quotes: If you really want to know me, I said, we'll have to start with the witches. If you really want to know me, I said, we'll have to start with the witches.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: I ... am left with the lingering feeling that the places we go in our minds to find comfort have little to do with where our bodies go. I ... am left with the lingering feeling that the places we go in our minds to find comfort have little to do with where our bodies go.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: The stark gray sky and bare tree limbs feel more suited to her than the uncomplicated promise of sunny spring days. The stark gray sky and bare tree limbs feel more suited to her than the uncomplicated promise of sunny spring days.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: My mother was a passionate, complicated, sometimes fierce woman. My mother was a passionate, complicated, sometimes fierce woman.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: For years I'd understood that publishing in paperback was the kiss of death. For years I'd understood that publishing in paperback was the kiss of death.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: Ever since I was a little girl I had wanted to be Ever since I was a little girl I had wanted to be
Christina Baker Kline quotes: I am acutely aware that like a slip of paper in the wind, something in his nature eludes my grasp. I am acutely aware that like a slip of paper in the wind, something in his nature eludes my grasp.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: Upright and do right makes all right. Upright and do right makes all right.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: Without even thinking about it, my son uses technology in almost everything he does, large and small. Without even thinking about it, my son uses technology in almost everything he does, large and small.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: It's painful to hold out hope for the things that once brought you joy. You have to find ways to make yourself forget. It's painful to hold out hope for the things that once brought you joy. You have to find ways to make yourself forget.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: Time constricts and flattens, you know. It's not evenly weighted. Certain moments linger in the mind and others disappear. Time constricts and flattens, you know. It's not evenly weighted. Certain moments linger in the mind and others disappear.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: It is good to test your limits now and then, learn what the body is capable of, what you can endure. It is good to test your limits now and then, learn what the body is capable of, what you can endure.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: A lady wants to feel pretty, no matter how much money she has. A lady wants to feel pretty, no matter how much money she has.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: I have found that the biggest moments in life, the ones that change everything, usually catch you by surprise. I have found that the biggest moments in life, the ones that change everything, usually catch you by surprise.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: I often work and write in coffee shops, observing the baristas and eavesdropping on interesting conversations. I often work and write in coffee shops, observing the baristas and eavesdropping on interesting conversations.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: If you're disorganized, you risk losing everything. If you're disorganized, you risk losing everything.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: When I was seventeen I went to college to escape my father's impotent rage and my mother's infinite capacity for forgiveness. When I was seventeen I went to college to escape my father's impotent rage and my mother's infinite capacity for forgiveness.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: Be totaled; we can't afford a new one. Be totaled; we can't afford a new one.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: Pusillanimous. Talisman. Pusillanimous. Talisman.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: She knows from experience that tough and weird is preferable to pathetic and vulnerable, and she wears her Goth persona like armor. She knows from experience that tough and weird is preferable to pathetic and vulnerable, and she wears her Goth persona like armor.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: To get it all done I have to dim my brain, turn it down by notches like the flat-turn knob on a gas lantern, leaving only a nub of flame. To get it all done I have to dim my brain, turn it down by notches like the flat-turn knob on a gas lantern, leaving only a nub of flame.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: (How quickly, with a slight twist in perception, do people's strengths become flaws!) (How quickly, with a slight twist in perception, do people's strengths become flaws!)
Christina Baker Kline quotes: Tough and weird is preferable to pathetic and vulnerable ... Tough and weird is preferable to pathetic and vulnerable ...
Christina Baker Kline quotes: I like meeting and connecting with readers. I like meeting and connecting with readers.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: You can't find peace until you fin fall the pieces. You can't find peace until you fin fall the pieces.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: We are headed toward the unknown, and we have no choice but to sit quietly in our hard seats and let ourselves be taken there. We are headed toward the unknown, and we have no choice but to sit quietly in our hard seats and let ourselves be taken there.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: What she wants most - what she truly yearns for - is what any of us want: to be seen. What she wants most - what she truly yearns for - is what any of us want: to be seen.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: Know what a symbol is? ... Shit that stands for shit. Know what a symbol is? ... Shit that stands for shit.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: My heart is shattered, an all that's left are jagged shards. My heart is shattered, an all that's left are jagged shards.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: Radiation is relentless: my protocol is five days a week, 33 sessions altogether. Radiation is relentless: my protocol is five days a week, 33 sessions altogether.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: Many people, for many reasons, feel rootless - but orphans and abandoned or abused children have particular cause. Many people, for many reasons, feel rootless - but orphans and abandoned or abused children have particular cause.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: Only the good Lord knows what's going to happen, and He ain't telling. Only the good Lord knows what's going to happen, and He ain't telling.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: I like the assumption that everyone is trying his best, and we should all just be kind to each other. I like the assumption that everyone is trying his best, and we should all just be kind to each other.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: Every decision I make is determined solely by the spark and limitations of my own perspective Every decision I make is determined solely by the spark and limitations of my own perspective
Christina Baker Kline quotes: I am learning to pretend, to smile and nod, to display I am learning to pretend, to smile and nod, to display
Christina Baker Kline quotes: Story. (And anyway, Lori doesn't ask "why" questions. She's only Story. (And anyway, Lori doesn't ask "why" questions. She's only
Christina Baker Kline quotes: What I couldn't see is that sometimes the healing is not in the forgetting but in the letting go. What I couldn't see is that sometimes the healing is not in the forgetting but in the letting go.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: My parents are a bedrock. And I have three complex, strong, and funny sisters who inspire and sustain me. My parents are a bedrock. And I have three complex, strong, and funny sisters who inspire and sustain me.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: I read once that the act of observing changes the nature of what is observed. I read once that the act of observing changes the nature of what is observed.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: So is it just human nature to believe that things happen for a reason - to find some shred of meaning even in the worst experiences? So is it just human nature to believe that things happen for a reason - to find some shred of meaning even in the worst experiences?
Christina Baker Kline quotes: My entire life has felt like chance. Random moments of loss and connection. This is the first one that feels, instead, like fate. My entire life has felt like chance. Random moments of loss and connection. This is the first one that feels, instead, like fate.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: We took away their country and their means of support. It was for this and against this that they made war. Could anyone expect less? We took away their country and their means of support. It was for this and against this that they made war. Could anyone expect less?
Christina Baker Kline quotes: Servants, men in top hats and morning coats, shop girls in Servants, men in top hats and morning coats, shop girls in
Christina Baker Kline quotes: He squints at me. "Except for the red hair and freckles, you look okay. You'll be fine and dandy sitting at the table with a napkin on your lap. He squints at me. "Except for the red hair and freckles, you look okay. You'll be fine and dandy sitting at the table with a napkin on your lap.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: It is marvelous to be young on a big city street. It is marvelous to be young on a big city street.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: This isn't bickering. This is classic mother-daughter communications. I've been reading up on it. This isn't bickering. This is classic mother-daughter communications. I've been reading up on it.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: neighborhood, the place I left each neighborhood, the place I left each
Christina Baker Kline quotes: She feels like a circus clown who wakes up one morning and no longer wants to glue on the red rubber nose. She feels like a circus clown who wakes up one morning and no longer wants to glue on the red rubber nose.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: Test your limits. Learn what you can endure. Test your limits. Learn what you can endure.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: This is like telling a person who has leapt off a cliff to be careful. I am already in midair. This is like telling a person who has leapt off a cliff to be careful. I am already in midair.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: I think a lot of readers are looking for a book they can talk about. I think a lot of readers are looking for a book they can talk about.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: You're not shy. You just like who you like. You're not shy. You just like who you like.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: Words are both my vocation and my avocation - reading, writing, editing, teaching. Words are both my vocation and my avocation - reading, writing, editing, teaching.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: Upright and do right make all right. Upright and do right make all right.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: It's a bitter nostalgia from a moment not yet passed. It's a bitter nostalgia from a moment not yet passed.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: And so it is that you learn how to pass, if you're lucky, to look like everyone else, even though you're broken inside. And so it is that you learn how to pass, if you're lucky, to look like everyone else, even though you're broken inside.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: Life's small details are the ones that interest me, anyway. The big questions are too hard to parse. Life's small details are the ones that interest me, anyway. The big questions are too hard to parse.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: I am not glad she is dead, but I am not sorry she is gone. I am not glad she is dead, but I am not sorry she is gone.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: Something inexorable seeds itself in the place of your origin. You can never escape the bonds of family history, no matter how far you travel. Something inexorable seeds itself in the place of your origin. You can never escape the bonds of family history, no matter how far you travel.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: I've come to think that's what heaven is- a place in the memory of others where our best selves live on. I've come to think that's what heaven is- a place in the memory of others where our best selves live on.
Christina Baker Kline quotes: I can't imagine why you didn't memorize this route on the I can't imagine why you didn't memorize this route on the
Christina Baker Kline quotes: You got to learn to take what people are willing to give. You got to learn to take what people are willing to give.

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