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The way i see it, hard times aren't only about money, or drought, or dust. hard times are about losing spirit, and hope, and what happens when dreams dry up.

Karen Hesse

And I know now that all the time I was trying to get out of the dust, the fact is, what I am, I am because of the dust. And what I am is good enough. Even for me.

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I don't know what I am thinking. But I am alone. I am trapped in the net of the room. In the net of humans. I think maybe I am drowning in the net of humans.

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I hear the first drops. Like the tapping of a stranger at the door of a dream, the rain changes everything.

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Now Livie's gone west, out of the dust, on her way to California, where the wind takes a rest sometimes. And I'm wondering what kind of friend I am, wanting my feet on that road to another place,instead of Livie's.

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My father and I, we can't soothe each other. I'm too young, he's too old, and we don't know how to talk anymore if we ever did

Karen Hesse

Karen Hesse

Karen Hesse

Born: August 29, 1952 (age 73)

Bio: Karen S. Hesse is an American author of children's literature and literature for young adults, often with historical settings.

Known for:

Out of the Dust (1997)
Letters from Rifka (1992)
Witness (2001)
The Music of Dolphins (1996)
Come on, rain (1999)

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