Karen Lord Professions : Writer Born : 1968 Browse All Authors Top 7 quotes by Karen Lord I find that sometimes if you just sit still, things have a way of finding you before you can find them. Karen Lord stills sometimes way In the beginning, God created human beings, which is to say God put the ingredients together, embedded the instructions for building on the template, and put it all into four separate eggs marked 'Some Assembly Required.' Karen Lord four eggs together I think if a story has a message it should be incidental and accidental, otherwise it leans too close to indoctrination. Karen Lord messages stories thinking All my tales are true, drawn from life, and a life story is not a tidy thing. Karen Lord tales life-story stories Names are very important for humans, aren't they? How do I translate for you the name of this town as it seems to me, the true name that tells of its history and people and lands and weather and . . . everything? Karen Lord land names weather Remember your ancestors, dream of your descendants and work hard while you're living. Karen Lord hard-work dream remember A little story is supported by a lot of untold backstory. What they get is more than what they see. Karen Lord stories littles Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writer All Authors
