Karen Joy Fowler (born February 7, 1950) is an American author of science fiction, fantasy, and literary fiction. Her work often centers on the nineteenth century, the lives of women, and alienation.
In the phrase ' human being,' the word 'being' is much more important than the word 'human. '
No Utopia is Utopia for everyone
It was the marriage that was important; Jane Austen rarely even bothered to write about the wedding.
I'm unclear on the definition of person the courts have been using. Something that sieves out dolphins but lets corporations slide on through.
I still haven't found the place where I can be my true self. But maybe you never get to be your true self, either.
Just ask yourself, if we weren't taught to be women, what would we be? (Ask yourself this question even if you're a man, and don't cheat by changing the words. )
The happening and telling are very different things. This doesn’t mean that the story isn’t true, only that I honestly don’t know anymore if I really remember it or only remember how to tell it. Language does this to our memories, simplifies, solidifies, codifies, mummifies. An off-told story is like a photograph in a family album. Eventually it replaces the moment it was meant to capture.
The sunset you see is always better than the one you don’t. More stars are always better than less.
Where you succeed will never matter so much as where you fail.
I wonder sometimes if I'm the only one spending my life making the same mistake over and over again or if that's simply human. Do we all tend toward a single besetting sin?
I thought there were moments to complain about your parents and moments to be grateful, and it was a shame to mix those moments up.
The value of money is a scam perpetrated by those who have it over those who don't
Trees are as close to immortality as the rest of us ever come.
Antagonism in my family comes wrapped in layers of code, sideways feints, full deniability. I believe the same can be said of many families.