Kari Martindale
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“No one told me about the sworn duty
that some men had to hang a man who was Dark after dark. --Or that the reason the man would hang in the night was that he’d dared to be Dark in the Light." (K. Martindale, from Suburban Lies, published in Pen-In-Hand (2021)” ...more Kari Martindale |
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“Diplomas are ill-purposed. What should be celebrated is not the culmination of twelve years sitting in a school desk; what an 18-year-old should be recognized for is making it through young adulthood without getting herself killed.”
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“It was a practical trip, straight across the country. No pit stops at canned meat museums, no national parks. Just a whole lot of Wynebraskowa.”
― 50 by 30: Fifty By Thirty
― 50 by 30: Fifty By Thirty
“The entire road trip could be summed up as one giant attempt to keep from crashing the car during fits of rage and fits of hysteria.”
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“The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.”
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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
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“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
“Diplomas are ill-purposed. What should be celebrated is not the culmination of twelve years sitting in a school desk; what an 18-year-old should be recognized for is making it through young adulthood without getting herself killed.”
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“One difficulty that someone who has been in military/government service during war has, is reconciling his/her pride with their horror.”
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