Karen Hawkins Quotes

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Gregor lifted the knife and slammed it down. The tops of the carrot rolled across the table, some hitting the floor. "What are you doing?" "I'm chopping carrots." "Gregor, they are carrots! not tree branches." "I fail to see the difference.

Karen Hawkins
I've never found it helpful to treat fate with a gentle hand. Everytime I've stroked, hopin' fer a favor, she's slapped me hand and laughed at me. If ye want something, take fate by the throat and shake it out o' her.

Karen Hawkins
Love doesn't always mean burning flashes o' passion. Sometimes, it's jus' the warmth o' yer hearts as they beat yer day together.
Old Woman Nora to her three wee granddaughters on a cold winter's night.

Karen Hawkins
I dinna think tis romantic when a man says he's willin' t' give his life fer the woman he loves. Give me instead a man who'd fight to keep us both alive and kickin'! There's naught rommantic about a dead man, beau or no.

Karen Hawkins
As Jack began to climb the stairs, Fiona looked up at her new home. Five stories of stately mansion rose above her head. Heavy molding around the large windows and doors bespoke a quality and craftsmanship that was obvious even in the dim night. Good God! It's massive! Jack paused with his foot on the last step. I do wish you'd keep those comments until we are in bed, love. I would appreciate them all the more there.

Karen Hawkins
I vow, is there no man who can talk about physical pleasures without exaggerating?

Karen Hawkins
One good thing that comes from living the nomadic life demanded by an expedition is that one sheds the fake skin donned from living too closely among society. For those of us who live for the freedom of such a lifestyle, that skin is dry and itchy and ill fitting. From my observances, that skin is much like a callus caused by the pure irritation of being forced to spend so much time with one's fellow man. Thank God I am spared such nonsense.

Karen Hawkins
But that's what happens when you allow a nice person to write a news paper serial for you; now the world thinks you're nice, too, which is silly in the extreme. Sadly, it's a burden that you must bear.

Karen Hawkins
Knowledge and action combined can win over any adversity known to man.

Karen Hawkins