Karen Kay

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Karen Kay is currently reading

Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)

by Toni Morrison

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Ladder to the Light: An Indigenous Elder's Meditations on Hope and Courage by Steven Charleston

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Its darkness was fertile, not fearful.

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Karen’s Quotes

“This is not our world with trees in it. It's a world of trees, where humans have just arrived.”
― Richard Powers, The Overstory

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“Unsheltered, I live in daylight. And like the wandering bird I rest in thee.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Unsheltered

tags: unsheltered-bird

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“Who among us—if it means letting go of the insanity, the mystery, the totally useless beauty of the million once-possible New Yorks—is ready even now to give up hope? BOOK”
― Garth Risk Hallberg, City on Fire

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“I am going to live for the color of grass. I am going to keep living because of that”
― Karen Piper, A Girl's Guide to Missiles: Growing Up in America's Secret Desert

tags: color, grass, reasons-to-live

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“On one hand, you couldn’t count on anything; on the other, on any given day, change was vanishingly unlikely.”
― Garth Risk Hallberg, City on Fire

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This group is for updating it's members about book signings at Lemuria Books in Jackson, MS. We also post what signed books we have in the store. All ...more

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This is a group for those who are currently living in the present (the now), or for those interested in learning more about metaphysical concepts for ...more

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THIS GROUP AND THE SITE ARE STILL IN THE BETA STAGE, BUT YOU CAN POST ALREADY Root, relax, and read. Read Zone is a place to read quietly and without ...more

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