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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.

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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

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Karen Hesse

Karen Hesse

Born: August 29, 1952 (age 72)
Bio: Karen S. Hesse is an American author of children's literature and literature for young adults, often with historical settings.
Known for:
  1. Out of the Dust (1997)
  2. Letters from Rifka (1992)
  3. Witness (2001)
  4. The Music of Dolphins (1996)
  5. Come on, rain (1999)

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