Karen Thompson Walker Quotes

Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 28 quotes by Karen Thompson Walker The Age of Miracles is the debut novel of American writer Karen Thompson Walker, published in June 2012 by Random House in the United States and Simon & Schuster in the United Kingdom. The book chronicles the fictional phenomenon of 'slowing', in which one Earth day takes longer to complete. The novel received positive reviews and publishing deals totalling £1.12 million, and has been translated into many major languages. The book was... Read full biography of Karen Thompson Walker → 1 2 3 Ctrl → I like to edit my sentences as I write them. I rearrange a sentence many times before moving on to the next one. For me, that editing process feels... → 0 The books I love most are the ones that combine some sort of gripping story with really beautiful or stylish writing. Some of my favorites are... → 0 There's a pleasure in being reminded of the value of ordinary life. 0 To some degree we all live with uncertainty. We have no control over the future. Yet we carry on, we persevere, because, I guess, it's the way... → 0 Feeling earthquakes was part of growing up, and also preparing for them: doing earthquake drills, or having earthquake supplies. The looming feeling... → 0 In general, I think I'm quick to worry about disasters of all kinds. 0 End-of-the-world stories tend to ring true. I've always been drawn to them, but as I wrote my own, I found surprising pleasure in creating a... → 0 Sometimes I think I might not have written 'The Age of Miracles' if I hadn't grown up in California, if I hadn't been exposed to its... → 0 Just like all great stories, our fears focus our attention on a question that is as important in life as it is in literature: What will happen next? 0 Fear is... a kind of unintentional storytelling that we are all born knowing how to do. 0 I can write all the way through the morning, when my mind is clear, and there are no distractions. 0 I feel like writing a book there's always a version in your head that's an amazing version, but then you write the version that you can write. 0 I first started writing fiction in college because I was attracted to beautiful sentences. I loved to read them. I wanted to write them. 0 1 2 3 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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28 quotes by Karen Thompson Walker